The Roosevelts

The Common Cause (1939-1944)

Episode 6 | 1h 55m 5s  | Video has closed captioning.  | Video has audio description

FDR shatters the third-term tradition, struggles to prepare a reluctant country to enter World War II and, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, helps set the course toward Allied victory. Meanwhile, Eleanor struggles to keep New Deal reforms alive in wartime and travels the Pacific to comfort wounded servicemen.

Aired: 09/19/14

Rating: TV-PG

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Funding is provided by Bank of America; CPB; Mr. Jack C. Taylor; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The NEH; Rosalind P. Walter; Members of The Better Angels Society, including Jessica …

The Roosevelts.

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