On-location
filming at Hyde Park, New York; Warm
Springs, Georgia; and Campobello, New
Brunswick, combines with extensive color and black-and-white
footage of the
life and times of FDR to take viewers on a journey back to twentieth-century
America
's defining time, and inside the life of the man who defined it.
FDR: A PRESIDENCY REVEALED was
produced for The History Channel by Team
Productions, LLC.
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Drawing on previously
unseen and unheard footage, FDR: A PRESIDENCY
REVEALED provides a definitive look inside the life
of a man who was known the
world over, but was intimate with very few. Embassy in England,
was found to have intercepted months' worth of secret correspondence
between FDR and Winston
Churchill, with the intention of providing the
information to political enemies in an attempt
to expose FDR as a liar
for promising American neutrality in the fight against Germany
Highlights of FDR: A PRESIDENCY REVEALED (PART TWO) include:
* A first-hand account
from cousin, confidante, and caregiver Daisy
Suckley of FDR's death in Warm Springs, Georgia
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* FDR's struggle to convince the isolationist
Congress of the growing
threat posed by Adolf Hitler
* The devastating losses of both
his mother and his beloved personal
assistant, Missy LeHand; declining health and the growing
threat of
war; and Curtis Roosevelt's disclosure of the loneliness FDR felt
during
his latter terms
* Eleanor's audio comments on his strangely detached demeanor in the wake
of the Pearl Harbor attack
* An inside look at FDR's bond with Churchill, forged on mutual
respect
and a desire to keep the free world strong
* Footage from his secret escapes
to Hyde Park during the war, in which
he would relax with friends and mix martinis with a
dash of absinthe,
said by many to be the worst they'd ever tasted
* Stunning details
of FDR's ability to perform his job in the face of
gravely deteriorating health, including
an advanced state of congestive
heart failure during his third term
FDR: A PRESIDENCY
REVEALED uses the recently discovered diary and voice
recordings of Suckley, 70 rarely seen photographs
, an in-depth oral history
recording from Eleanor, and extensive personal interviews with Curtis
Roosevelt
to cast FDR in a more human light than ever before.commencement comparing
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General Colin L. Powell, USA
(Ret.The History Channel Presents: FDR: A Presidency Revealed
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Highlights
of FDR: A PRESIDENCY REVEALED (PART ONE) include:
* Previously unseen home movies from his
beloved estate in Hyde Park, New
York, showing the private side that FDR so fiercely protected
, and the
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Drawing on the experience culled from his careers in defense,
diplomacy and public service
, Powell's speech will be the highlight of
the ASIS program which has established itself as the premier
networking and educational event in the security industry, as well as
the world's largest show
dedicated to security.org or call Member
Services at 703-519-6200. It begins at the opening of FDR
's
first term as president, with America facing declining markets, 25 percent
unemployment and
the imminent collapse of the nation's banking system, and
continues to his death twelve years later
, after a re-invigoration of the U.
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* Historians' views on FDR's New Deal and his first hundred days in
office, the most prolific and innovative legislative period in the
nation's history
* Commentary about his commitment to civil rights, including disapproval
from his
own wife and interviews with modern-day dissenters
* Excerpts from and background on FDR's famous
Fireside Chats, by which
he developed a bond with the American people that would strengthen
over
time
* Detailed oral history accounts from Eleanor Roosevelt on the day FDR
contracted polio and became paralyzed while visiting his summer home on
Campobello Island
in New Brunswick, a source of insecurity and pain the
rest of his life, and touching first
-hand accounts of his fruitless
struggle to walk again
* A balanced look at FDR's failures
, including a disastrous attempt to
reconfigure the Supreme Court
* Details of FDR
's flawed relationship with Eleanor, including an affair
he had in his thirties with Lucy Page
Mercer that nearly resulted in
divorce
* An inside look at the most overlooked event
in FDR's entire presidency,
when Arthur Kent, an American working at the U. The History
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Two-Part, Four-Hour Special Offers a Fresh Perspective on the Public and
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World Premiere on The History Channel Sunday-Monday
, April 17-18 at 9 pm ET/PT
NEW YORK, To a generation of Americans, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt
was seen as the savior of the American Dream. The details in between
paint a remarkable portrait
of courage, triumph, tragedy, and struggle. Historical
perspective is provided by noted biographers
Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon
Meacham, as well as historians and authors including William Leuchtenburg
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Developed by security
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,000 members worldwide. Executive producer for The History Channel is Susan Werbe.doris roosevelt
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Secretary
of
State and a luminary on the global and national security challenges of
the 21st century, will
be the keynote speaker at the ASIS
International 51st Annual Seminar and Exhibits, being held Sept
. But behind
Roosevelt's titanic struggle to pull America from the abyss of the Depression
and
the horrors of war were personal struggles just as significant: physical
incapacity, distance from
his wife, and badly deteriorating health, even as he
orchestrated World War II. The special presentation
, FDR:
A PRESIDENCY REVEALED premieres Sunday-Monday, April 17-18 at 9 pm ET/PT on
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