The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Common Cause (1939-1944)

E6    Sep 19, 2014    55m    TV-PG
FDR shatters the third-term tradition, struggles to prepare a reluctant country to enter World War II and, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, helps set the course toward Allied victory. Meanwhile, Eleanor struggles to keep New Deal reforms alive in wartime and travels the Pacific to comfort wounded servicemen.
Cast of The Common Cause (1939-1944)
  • Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
  • David McCulloughHimself - Historian
  • Meryl StreepEleanor Roosevelt (voice)
  • Edward HerrmannFranklin Roosevelt (voice)
  • Paul GiamattiTheodore Roosevelt (voice)
  • Theodore RooseveltHimself (archive footage)
  • Doris Kearns GoodwinHerself - Historian
  • Franklin D. RooseveltHimself (archive footage)
  • John LithgowJames Roosevelt (voice)

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