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The Wheelchair President

Season 1
At the height of war President Franklin D Roosevelt inspired millions with stirring visions of a new and better postwar world he would never see Set against the epic scale of World War II in 1944 and 1945 Professor David Reynolds presents an intimate biography of this great president revealing a man who was burdened by secrets about his failing health and strained marriage Enigmatic secretive and
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Living On Borrowed Time

    May 13, 2015
    46min
    13+
    British 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 Paraplegic
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  2. S1 E2 - Secrecy and War

    May 13, 2015
    46min
    TV-PG
    Professor 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 by
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Directors

Russell Barnes

Producers

Russell Barnes

Cast

David Reynolds

Studio

ClearStory Ltd
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