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The Roosevelts : an intimate history / a film by Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Paul Barnes, Pam Tubridy Baucom, Ken Burns.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: ROSV600 | PBSLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Distributor: [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2014]Description: 7 videodiscs (approximately 840 minutes) : sound, color with black & white segments ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1627890505
  • 9781627890502
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Bonus videos. FDR's great secret -- David Cieri and music for The Roosevelts -- Springwood and Val-Kill -- Sagamore Hill -- Oak Terrace -- Someone in the shadows -- The Roosevelt home movies -- Warm Springs -- Campobello -- "Able-bodied" -- FDR's dog Fala -- FDR and the Porcellian Club -- The FDR Model T re-creation.
Episode 1. Get action (1858-1901) -- Episode 2. In the arena (1901-1910) -- Episode 3. The fire of life (1910-1919) -- Episode 4. The storm (1920-1933) -- Episode 5. The rising road (1933-1939) -- Episode 6. The common cause (1939-1944) -- Episode 7. A strong and active faith (1944-1962).
Production credits:
  • Editor, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Daniel J. White ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; music, David Cieri.
Narrated by Peter Coyote with voice overs by Paul Giamatti, Edward Herrmann and Meryl Streep ; interviews with Doris Kearns Goodwin, David McCullough, Geoffrey C. Ward, George Will.Summary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would become the 26th President of the United States and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd President of the United States. Together, these three individuals not only redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, but also redefined the role of the United States within the wider world. The series encompasses the history the Roosevelts helped to shape: the creation of the National Parks, the digging of the Panama Canal, the passage of innovative New Deal programs, the defeat of Hitler, and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights abroad. It is also an intimate human story about love, betrayal, family loyalty, personal courage, and the conquest of fear.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 973.9109 R781 Disc 1 Available 33111008267102
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 973.9109 R781 Disc 2 Available 33111008267110
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 973.9109 R781 Disc 3 Available 33111008267128
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 973.9109 R781 Disc 5 Available 33111008267144
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 973.9109 R781 Disc 6 Available 33111008267151
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 973.9109 R781 Disc 7 Available 33111008267169
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor as the most prominent members of the most important family in history. Through their stories, PBS chronicles the history they helped to shape, from the Square Deal to the New Deal, San Juan Hill to the Western Front, to the founding of the United Nations.

Companion book: The Roosevelts : an intimate history / Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Susanna Steisel ; design by Maggie Hinders. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

Language options taken from DVD menu and may differ slightly from container packaging.

Originally broadcast on television by PBS as an episodes of the television program in 2014.

Special features: 13 bonus videos; Making of Roosevelts; Deleted scenes with an introduction by Ken Burns.

Bonus videos. FDR's great secret -- David Cieri and music for The Roosevelts -- Springwood and Val-Kill -- Sagamore Hill -- Oak Terrace -- Someone in the shadows -- The Roosevelt home movies -- Warm Springs -- Campobello -- "Able-bodied" -- FDR's dog Fala -- FDR and the Porcellian Club -- The FDR Model T re-creation.

Episode 1. Get action (1858-1901) -- Episode 2. In the arena (1901-1910) -- Episode 3. The fire of life (1910-1919) -- Episode 4. The storm (1920-1933) -- Episode 5. The rising road (1933-1939) -- Episode 6. The common cause (1939-1944) -- Episode 7. A strong and active faith (1944-1962).

Editor, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Daniel J. White ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; music, David Cieri.

Narrated by Peter Coyote with voice overs by Paul Giamatti, Edward Herrmann and Meryl Streep ; interviews with Doris Kearns Goodwin, David McCullough, Geoffrey C. Ward, George Will.

Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would become the 26th President of the United States and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd President of the United States. Together, these three individuals not only redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, but also redefined the role of the United States within the wider world. The series encompasses the history the Roosevelts helped to shape: the creation of the National Parks, the digging of the Panama Canal, the passage of innovative New Deal programs, the defeat of Hitler, and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights abroad. It is also an intimate human story about love, betrayal, family loyalty, personal courage, and the conquest of fear.

[Not rated]

DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.

In English (5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo) or Spanish (2.0 stereo); English and Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities (DVI).

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