The Roosevelts

From PBS and Ken Burns -Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin; Franklin.

From PBS and Ken Burns - Follow the account of Theodore's presidency and FDR and Eleanor's courtship and marriage.

From PBS and Ken Burns - Join Ken Burns as he traces the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.

From PBS and Ken Burns - Witness Ken Burns's coverage of FDR's battle with polio and his response to the Great Depression.

From PBS and Ken Burns - Join Ken Burns to examine FDR's New Deal and Eleanor's growing political activism.

From PBS and Ken Burns - Follow Ken Burns to survey FDR's leadership during WWII; while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.

Frail and failing but determined to see the War through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world. But a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt proves herself a shrewd politician and a skilled negotiator in her own right. When she dies in 1962 she is mourned everywhere as the First Lady of the World.