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Contrasting his famous speeches against fear with the crises of the Great Depression and his own crippling polio, viewers will experience how this great President's character, and that of his wife Eleanor, affected his era through World War II

Documentary footage and dramatic reenactments tell the story of the construction of the Panama Canal. Explains the reasons Theodore Roosevelt wanted to build the canal and how he inspired the nation to rally behind the endeavor. Discusses Roosevelt's solution to the problems of disease and mountainous terrain

Presents a reflective analysis of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his impact on the United States

Examines the causes of the Great Depression of the 1930's following the stock market crash of 1929. Discusses food lines, unemployment, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, agriculture and the Dust Bowl, the New Deal, Federal Emergency Relief Act, works projects such as the CCC and WPA, Eleanor Roosevelt, African Americans during the Depression, communism, Social Security Act, the Wagner Labor Relations Act, growth of unions, and the birth of the modern welfare state

Discusses the Depression Years of the 1930's and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's efforts to help the country through its worst economic crisis. Includes the New Deal, CCC, the affect of the Depression on African Americans, the programs of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Social Security Act

Beginning with the year 1940 the video examines the rising tensions leading up to the United States involvement in World War II and documents Roosevelt's interaction with the Allied powers

Historian David McCullough joins Bill Moyers in an in-depth study of Theodore Roosevelt and the turn-of-the-century America. They examine the early years of his career and his legacies that are still strong today: the Departments of Commerce and Labor, the U.S. in a position of international power, and the Panama Canal

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler both came to national power in 1933 and both died 12 years later in 1945. During the time they shared the world stage, they personified conflicting ideologies at the root of World War II. The program examines the parallels between these charismatic leaders through their words and gestures captured on film

Part 3 examines his renewed battles with the trusts and with Congress over food purity; his work to designate national parks; sending Taft to negotiate with Japan to protect U.S. holdings and a settlement to the Japanese-Russian War; his loss of office

Part 2- Roosevelt becomes President when McKinley is assassinated. Covers his battles with big business to break trusts, first with the railroads; his support of coal miners threatening to strike; the growth of the naval fleet; negotiations with Panama for the construction of the Panama Canal