In Search of History
The Plot to Overthrow FDR
1997 • E4 Feb 11, 1999 45m
The Great Depression saw the rise of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to lead America in its time of economic crisis. FDR answered the call with his New Deal. While rank and file Americans saw FDR as a hero, there were those that hated his populist ideas. This program tells the story of their plan to wrest power away from the President of the United States. The revelation of the plot brought scandal, and a Congressional investigation. Archival news clips, photographs, personal accounts, and historic commentary tell of the plot to overthrow FDR.
