Franklin D. Roosevelt Movies

  • 2006
    Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

    Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

    Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

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    Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.

    Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
  • 2003
    Stalin: Man of Steel

    Stalin: Man of Steel

    Stalin: Man of Steel

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    Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head...

    Stalin: Man of Steel
  • 2008
    All the Presidents' Wives

    All the Presidents' Wives

    All the Presidents' Wives

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    A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States.

    All the Presidents' Wives
  • 2009
    A War in Hollywood

    A War in Hollywood

    A War in Hollywood

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    The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in...

    A War in Hollywood
  • 1944
    Know Your Ally: Britain

    Know Your Ally: Britain

    Know Your Ally: Britain

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    Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War...

    Know Your Ally: Britain
  • 1942
    The Navy Comes Through

    The Navy Comes Through

    The Navy Comes Through

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    A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.

    The Navy Comes Through
  • 2009
    Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

    Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

    Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility

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    A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated on each other.

    Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility
  • 1991
    Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

    Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

    Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

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    Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These events are described within the backdrop of the...

    Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
  • 1942
    United We Stand

    United We Stand

    United We Stand

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    Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the...

    United We Stand
  • 2008
    Blood and Oil

    Blood and Oil

    Blood and Oil

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    The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood...

    Blood and Oil
  • 2012
    De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile

    De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile

    De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile

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    De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
  • 2015
    Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

    Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

    Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

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    On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this...

    Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
  • 1997
    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

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    Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
  • 1994
    FDR

    FDR

    FDR

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    Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises:...

    FDR
  • 1984
    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

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    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

    Going Hollywood: The '30s
  • 1985
    Backstage at the White House

    Backstage at the White House

    Backstage at the White House

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    This unique glimpse into the private lives of our Presidents and their families showcases some of the most significant personal moments they have...

    Backstage at the White House
  • 1932
    1932 Lake Placid Olympics

    1932 Lake Placid Olympics

    1932 Lake Placid Olympics

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    IOC has restored 18 minutes from the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. Ten of those minutes are silent sequences from men’s speed skating. The other...

    1932 Lake Placid Olympics
  • 1945
    To the Shores of Iwo Jima

    To the Shores of Iwo Jima

    To the Shores of Iwo Jima

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    Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in...

    To the Shores of Iwo Jima
  • 1940
    Trifles of Importance

    Trifles of Importance

    Trifles of Importance

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    Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number...

    Trifles of Importance
  • 1939
    Scouts to the Rescue

    Scouts to the Rescue

    Scouts to the Rescue

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    Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott,...

    Scouts to the Rescue