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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Visit To Ebbets Field

Season 1 | 3m 45s

The weather can't stop Franklin Roosevelt. When his 1944 Campaign through four of the five New York City boroughs was compounded with torrential downpours, FDR insisted that it carry on as scheduled, despite the protests from his physician. The tour concluded with a speech at Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Funding is provided by Bank of America; CPB; Mr. Jack C. Taylor; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The NEH; Rosalind P. Walter; Members of The Better Angels Society, including Jessica & John Fullerton; The Pfeil Foundation: David, Mindy, Robert & Daniel Pfeil; Joan Wellhouse Newton; Bonnie & Tom McCloskey; and The Golklin Family.
Extras
The film weaves the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
FDR's New Deal brought great relief to the American People.
Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt all overcame adversity to achieve greatness.
FDR opens his campaign with a humorous speech about Fala, his scottie dog.
FDR begins his slow recovery after polio.
Theodore Roosevelt believed in the survival of the fittest and 'might makes right.'
James Roosevelt married Sara Delano and they settle down in Hyde Park.
Theodore Roosevelt becomes Police Commissioner of New York.
A new era is ushered in as WWI ends and Theodore Roosevelt dies.
Theodore Roosevelt marries Edith Carow and they settle down in Sagamore Hill, New York.