American Experience

FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)

Directed by David Grubin
TV-PG
S7 • E2    Oct 11, 1992    55m
In this second episode, the subject is FDR's courageous fight with polio. With his wife Eleanor Roosevelt at his side, FDR, wins the Democratic nomination for president. He takes office at the beginning of the Great Depression. Exhorting the nation to keep the faith, FDR utters his famous words: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

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Cast of FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)

  • David McCulloughNarrator (voice)
  • Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
  • Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
  • King George V of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
  • Queen Elizabeth the Queen MotherSelf (archive footage)
  • Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
  • David GrubinDirector / Writer

 

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