The Plot to Overthrow FDR
DVD - 2002 DVD 973.9 Pl 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
Locations
Call Number: DVD 973.9 Pl
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
Location & Checkout Length | Call Number | Checkout Length | Item Status |
---|---|---|---|
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout |
DVD 973.9 Pl | 1-week checkout | On Shelf |
Originally produced as a television program in 1999.
Narrated by David Ackroyd.
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the Presidency in 1932, many Americans looked to his bold New Deal plans as the way out of the dark days of the Depression. But a powerful group of financiers and industrialists saw his economic policies as a threat. 'The plot to overthrow FDR' reveals how, inspired by political trends in Germany and Italy, this group conceived of a plan to either overthrow the newly-elected president or force him to take orders from them. They envisioned a paramilitary organization of disgruntled WWI veterans as the force to intimidate the government. The man they chose to inspire and lead this veteran's army was retired Marine General Smedley D. Butler, a colorful and outspoken champion of veteran's rights. But Butler was their undoing. After discovering the details of the conspiracy, the horrified general blew the whistle and subjected the outrageous plot to the scrutiny of a Congressional investigation.
DVD-R.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
No community reviews. Write one below!
SERIES
In search of history (Television program)
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Distributed by New Video, c2002.
Year Published: 2002
Description: 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: NR
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Raven, Abbe.
Werbe, Susan.
Corwin, Andrew.
Ackroyd, David.
Weller/Grossman Productions.
Arts and Entertainment Network.
New Video Group.
History Channel (Television network)
SUBJECTS
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- 1882-1945.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Documentary television programs -- United States.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.