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Episode Details: FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)
FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)
Series: American Experience
Season: Season 7
Episode Number: 2
Air Date:
Duration: 55 min
In this second episode, the subject is FDR's courageous fight with polio. With his wife Eleanor Roosevelt at his side, FDR, wins the Democratic nomination for president. He takes office at the beginning of the Great Depression. Exhorting the nation to keep the faith, FDR utters his famous words: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Cast and Guests
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)Streaming Platforms for American Experience
