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S1 E1 - Living On Borrowed Time
May 13, 201546minBritish Historian David Reynolds Explores President Franklin D Roosevelts Rise To Power Against The Backdrop Of A Turbulent Personal Life As The Global War Reached Its Devastating Climax While Franklin Roosevelt Spearheaded The Wartime Alliance He Was A Man Living On Borrowed Time Roosevelts Health Was Collapsing Sapped By Chronic Heart Disease And By Two Decades As A Secret ParaplegicFree trial of XiveTV Documentaries or buyS1 E2 - Secrecy and War
May 13, 201546minProfessor Reynolds focuses on how the onerous secrecy surrounding his troubled marriage influenced his presidency His formidable yet fragile wife Eleanor had supported him through his long battle with disability But their marriage was now coming under increasing strain for Roosevelt was living with a dark secret about an affair exposed and ended 25 years earlier but now resurrected in wartime byFree trial of XiveTV Documentaries or buy
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Directors
- Russell Barnes
Producers
- Russell Barnes
Cast
- David Reynolds
Studio
- ClearStory Ltd
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