Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945.
The Great Raid
as Self (archive footage)As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic...
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The Roaring Twenties
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...
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The Bloody Hundredth
as Self - United States President (archive footage)Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and...
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Buck Privates
as President Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited)Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The...
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The Fog of War
as Self (voice) (archive footage)Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old...
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LOLA
as Self - Politician (archive footage)Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha...
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Curtiz
as Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is...
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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as Self (archive footage)A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as...
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
as Self (archive footage)"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the...
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Propaganda
as Self (archive footage)An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture...
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Show-Business at War
as SelfA multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
as Self (archive footage)A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history...
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips...
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The Untold History Of The United States
as Self (archive footage)Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
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Pornography
as uncreditedEverything you always wanted to know about pornography (but were afraid to ask).
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Okay for Sound
as uncreditedThis short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first...
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Reagan
as Self (archive footage)Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern...
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Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Politician (archive footage)How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays...
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Laissez-faire
as Self (archive footage)A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today...
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Where's My Roy Cohn?
as Self (archive footage)Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous...
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Genocide
as Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Deleno Roosevelt)The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that...
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The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
as Self (archive footage)The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress follows the new presidential aircraft's creation, diving...
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White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
as Himself (archive footage)Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully...
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The Soul of America
as Self (archive footage)Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham...
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Scouts to the Rescue
as Franklin D. Roosevelt (archive footage)Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is...
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Filmmakers for the Prosecution
as Self - Politician (archive footage)In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to...
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41
as Self (archive footage)An HBO documentary, takes a ‘personal, not political’ look at George H.W. Bush, the 41st...
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For Me and My Gal
as Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
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Blood and Oil
as SelfThe notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often...
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Laboratory Greece
as Self (archive footage)A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...
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The Kennedy Dynasty
as Self - Politician (archive footage)The story of a powerful political and economic dynasty, fundamental to understanding the...
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Sirius
as Self (archive footage)Dr. Steven Greer—an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher—discloses top secret information...
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Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
as Self (archive footage)The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable...
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Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past....
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...
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The Emperor's New Clothes
as Self (archive footage)An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and...
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The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill
as Self - Politician (archive footage)Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of...
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The Navy Comes Through
as Himself (Voice)A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
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JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
as Self (archive footage)The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK...
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The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports,...
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Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
as Self (archive footage)From IMDB: Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force...
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Inside the White House
as Self (archive footage)Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and unprecedented access to its hallowed halls, this program...
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East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
as Self (archive footage)The history of the East Lake Meadows public housing project in Atlanta and the people who lived...
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Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility
as Self (archive footage)A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated...
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All the Presidents' Wives
as Self (archive footage)A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States.
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A Web of War
as Self (archive footage)The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain,...
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Parsifal: The Hidden Causes of World War II
as Self (archive footage)Based on Worldwide Defeat by Salvador Borrego, it exposes the forbidden side of history and...
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Korea, A Hundred Years of War
as Self (archive footage)A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history...
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Stalin: Man of Steel
as Self (archive footage)Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted...
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A War in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American...
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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her...
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The Fight For Peace
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and...
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FDR
as HimselfPolio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man...
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Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House
as Self (archive footage)A special that takes a look inside the White House.
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Know Your Ally: Britain
as Self (archive footage)Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter...
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United We Stand
as SelfUsing newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the...
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Trifles of Importance
as Self (archive footage)Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant...
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.
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Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish...
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A Greater Society
as Self (archive footage)It’s the 2014 midterms and residents of a South Florida retirement community feel the weight of...
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Life Begins Tomorrow
as Self (archive footage)Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La...
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The Guns of August
as Self (archive footage)Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to...
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The World at War
as Self (archive footage)Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War.
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Herrliche Zeiten
as Self (archive footage)Compilation film about a very German first half of the 20th century.
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Storm Front in Mayo
as Self - Politician (archive footage)Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on...
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The Astors: High Society
as Self (archive footage)The very name conjures up images of the good life black tie affairs and high society balls. Yet...
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Ode to Victory
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)This short uses a musical suite to show Americans what they are fighting for in World War II. As...
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Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
as Self (archive footage)The story behind the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
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Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
as Self (archive footage)On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the...
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The Mistake that Killed Hitler
as ArchiveIn April 1945, as Stalin's Red Army approach from the East and the Western Allied forces quickly...
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The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America
as Self (archive footage)Elected in November 1932, as the economic crisis ravaged the United States, Franklin Delano...
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1932 Lake Placid Olympics
as uncreditedIOC has restored 18 minutes from the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. Ten of those minutes are silent...
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To the Shores of Iwo Jima
as HimselfDocumentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima...
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Fala: The President's Dog
as HimselfFala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two...
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Valley of the Tennessee
as HimselfU.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.
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American Experience
as SelfTV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...
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Explained
as Self (archive footage)This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current...
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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive...
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Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
as Self (archive footage)Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
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Prohibition
as Self (archive footage)The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States...
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First Ladies
as Self (archive footage)Blending in-depth interviews, rare archival footage, and cinematic recreations, this docuseries...
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Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
as Self (archive footage)Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from...
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Apocalypse: The Second World War
as Self (archive footage)A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage...
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World War II in HD Colour
as Self (archive footage)World War II In HD Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the...
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Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
as Self - Politician (archive footage)Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan...
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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as Himself (archive footage)Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most...
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Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on The West (1940)
as Self (archive footage)May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?
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Money, Explained
as Self (archive footage)We spend it, we borrow it, and save it. Now let's talk about money and its many minefields, from...
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10 Things You Don't Know About
as Himself (archive footage)Did you know that President John F. Kennedy was a bodybuilder, Roman ruler Caligula loved to...
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The Lost Tapes
as Himself (archive footage)Encounter the Pearl Harbor attacks, the L.A. riots, the Son of Sam murders and Patty Hearst's...
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Warlords
as (archive footage)4 part TV documentary series about the 4 leaders in World War 2. Original aired by Channel Four...
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