Movies: Franklin D. Roosevelt

A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative....

The story behind the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial....

Presents the history of the U S from the inauguration of Franklin D Roosevelt to the eve of World War II, including the Great Depression and New Deal legislation designed to overcome it. Emphasizes events that had lasting effects on the nation, such ...

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On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the ope...

A special that takes a look inside the White House....

Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of m...

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms....

U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s....

The discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreck site, 18,000 feet below the Philippine Sea, is detailed. The ship's sinking during World War II was the largest loss of life in U.S. Naval history....

Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the narration, shows "how, through their disunity, democracies were led, some to destruction and others to th...

An air raid warden demonstrates safety measures, while a refugee from Occupied Europe reveals why she came to America....

Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling Sand County almanac and the first to bring the word 'ecology' into standard usage; Bob Marshall, millio...

Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in the Allied advance on Japan. Four cameramen died bringing this footage to the public...

The film depicts Olav Vs and Märtha from Norway's trip to the USA in 1939...

IOC has restored 18 minutes from the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. Ten of those minutes are silent sequences from men’s speed skating. The other eight minutes are taken from newsreel reports produced by Hearst Metrotone, Fox Movietone and Pathé....

The Inauguration ceremony for Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4th 1933....