FDR

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the most revered and influential Americans of this century. The subject of hundreds of books and countless plays, films, and television programs, he has become an icon for an entire generation. Until this definitive 4-hour documentary based on two books by senior creative consultant and FDR biographer Geoffrey Ward, the personal motivations and physical and emotional trails that marked his life remained elusive.

David McCullough

Franklin D. Roosevelt

(Self (archive footage))

Eleanor Roosevelt

(Self (archive footage))

James Roosevelt

(Self (archive footage))

Geoffrey C. Ward

(Self — Biographer)

Curtis Roosevelt

(Self — Grandson)

Doris Kearns Goodwin

(Self — Biographer)

Blanche Wiesen Cook

(Self — Eleanor Roosevelt Biographer)

Bronson Chanler

(Self — Hudson Valley Neighbor)

Edna Gurewitsch

(Self — Roosevelt Family Friend)

Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves

(Self — Granddaughter)

Grenville Clark

(Self (archive footage))

James M. Cox

(Self (archive footage))

Hugh Gallagher

(Self — Biographer)

Elmer Loftin

(Self — Warm Springs Resident)

Robert Fulton Copeland

(Self — Warm Springs Resident)

H. Stuart Raper

(Self — Medical Director, Warm Springs Foundation)

Janice Howe Raper

(Self — Physical Therapist)

Ben C. Fowler

(Self — Warm Springs Resident)

Alice Converse

(Self — Physical Therapist)

David Ginsburg

(Self — FDR Administration)

Alonzo Fields

(Self — White House Butler)

Herbert Hoover

(Self (archive footage))

Thomas J. Walsh

(Self (archive footage))

John Nance Garner

(Self (archive footage))