ABC News: The Century
Coming Apart: Nothing to Fear
S1 • E9 Apr 7, 1999 45m
On Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s inauguration day in March of 1933, federal troops were on alert to prevent the violence many anticipated. FDR’s calm reassurances saved that day, but most of his efforts over the following four years failed miserably. The real story of those desperate years paints a picture of America rarely seen or told — America on the edge of chaos.