The Roosevelts : : an Intimate History

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Call Number: DVD 973.309 Ro, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / History / Roosevelts
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

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Originally broadcast on television by PBS as an episodes of the television program in 2013.
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Companion book: The Roosevelts : an intimate history / Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Susanna Steisel ; design by Maggie Hinders. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Special features: Disc 1: FDR's great secret; David Cieri and music for The Roosevelts; Springwood & Val-Kill; Sagamore Hill; Oak Terrace; Someone in the shadows; The Roosevelt home movies; Warm Springs; Campobello; "Able-bodied"; FDR's dog Fala; FDR and the Porcellian Club; The FDR Model T re-creation. Disc 7: The making of The Roosevelts: an intimate history; Deleted scenes (with an introduction by Ken Burns).
Episode 1. Get action (1858-1901) -- Episode 2. In the arena (1901-1910) -- Episode 3. The fire of life (1910-1919) -- Episode 4. The storm (1920-1933) -- Episode 5. The rising road (1933-1939) -- Episode 6. The common cause (1939-1944) -- Episode 7. A strong and active faith (1944-1962).
Narrated by Peter Coyote ; with voiceovers by Paul Giamatti (Theodore Roosevelt), Edward Herrmann (Franklin Roosevelt) and Meryl Streep (Eleanor Roosevelt), Patricia Clarkson (Daisy Suckley), Adam Arkin, Kevin Conway, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan, Joanne Tucker, Eli Wallach, Jason Lambert, Pamela Reed, Billy Bob Thronton, Keith Carradine, Michael Klug, Ed Harris, Josh Lucas, Massimiliano Pala, Carl Lumbly, Carolyn McCormick ; interviews with David McCullough, Geoffrey C. Ward, George Will, Sarah Botstein, H.W. Brand, Alan Brinkley, John Milton Cooper, Jr., Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey, Gerald Early, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Clay Jenkinson, William E. Leuchtenburg, Jon Margolis, Lynn Novick, Bernard A. Weisberger, Beau Willimon, David Woolner.
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would become the 26th President of the United States and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd President of the United States. Together, these three individuals not only redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, but also redefined the role of the United States within the wider world. The series encompasses the history the Roosevelts helped to shape: the creation of the National Parks, the digging of the Panama Canal, the passage of innovative New Deal programs, the defeat of Hitler, and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights abroad. It is also an intimate human story about love, betrayal, family loyalty, personal courage, and the conquest of fear.
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.

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Great film for history buffs submitted by vulke99 on June 25, 2017, 8:49pm This is a great documentary for history buffs. It is entertaining and easy to follow story line.

Insightful and well done submitted by yufamily on July 26, 2021, 12:45pm Nice touch with narration and voiceovers for the main characters