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Basic Info

First Air: September 14, 2014

Rating: ⭐ 7.7/10 (37 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 7

Last Episode

Name: A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)

Season: 1, Episode: 7

Air Date: 2014-09-20

Runtime: 112 min

Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt proves herself a shrewd politician and a skilled negotiator in her own right, as well as a champion of civil rights, civil liberties and the United Nations.

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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014 1 seasons 7 episodes ⭐ 7.7/10 37 votes

Overview

Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.