Franklin D. Roosevelt
Popularity:1.07
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1882-01-30
Place of Birth:Hyde Park, New York, USA
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Also Known As:Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR

Korea, A Hundred Years of War (2020)
A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative.

Laboratory Greece (2019)
A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary,...

The Untold History Of The United States (2012)
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.

Laissez-faire (2015)
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our...

Blood and Oil (2008)
The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood...

Trifles of Importance (1940)
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number...

The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress (2021)
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress follows the new presidential aircraft's creation, diving into how it transformed into a top-secret command...

Parsifal: The Hidden Causes of World War II (2021)
Based on Worldwide Defeat by Salvador Borrego, it exposes the forbidden side of history and reveals Adolf Hitler's hamartia.

Life Begins Tomorrow (1950)
Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it...

A Greater Society (2018)
It’s the 2014 midterms and residents of a South Florida retirement community feel the weight of democracy on their shoulders. In one of the...

Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe (2022)
How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish little Californian girl, who was not especially...

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between...

The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and provocateur Russell Brand’s emergence as an activist...

The Navy Comes Through (1942)
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.

Curtiz (2019)
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate...

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents (1991)
Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These events are described within the backdrop of the...

The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America (2021)
Elected in November 1932, as the economic crisis ravaged the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt immediately put all his campaign promises into...

LOLA (2023)
Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous...

Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House (1991)
A special that takes a look inside the White House.

Til Vesterheimen (1939)
The film depicts Olav Vs and Märtha from Norway's trip to the USA in 1939

The Kennedy Dynasty (2023)
The story of a powerful political and economic dynasty, fundamental to understanding the turbulent destiny of the United States of America throughout...

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

Mount Rushmore: The Shrine (1986)
The story behind the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

The Golden Twenties (1950)
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

The Fog of War (2003)
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from...

Fala: The President's Dog (1943)
Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

Stalin: Man of Steel (2003)
Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head...

The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie...

The World at War (1942)
Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War.

United We Stand (1942)
Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the...

The Fight For Peace (1939)
A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini.

To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in...

The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021)
Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by...

A Web of War (1996)
The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain, and a Polish underground member are told by the very...

Know Your Ally: Britain (1944)
Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War...

The Guns of August (1964)
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.

The Great Raid (2005)
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over...

Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility (2009)
A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated on each other.

De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile (2012)

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006)
Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.

Propaganda (2013)
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean...

The Mistake that Killed Hitler (2023)
In April 1945, as Stalin's Red Army approach from the East and the Western Allied forces quickly approach through France and Belgium, Adolf Hitler...

Crimean Conference (1945)
The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition was held from February 4 to February 11, 1945...

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)
Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...

Iran: The Hundred Year War (2009)
What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?

The Secret Masonic Victory of World War II (2022)
Western Freemasonry and Eastern communists won WW2, leading to a secret holy war aiming for a one-world government and a single religion in a...

New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor (2014)
A step-by-step illustration of how institutions including the United Nations and secret societies, such as freemasonry and the European Union, have...

Backstage at the White House (1985)
This unique glimpse into the private lives of our Presidents and their families showcases some of the most significant personal moments they have...

The Archives (1940)
A Washington Parade reel....

Inside the White House (1996)
Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and unprecedented access to its hallowed halls, this program from National Geographic takes viewers on an...

All the Presidents' Wives (2008)
A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States.

Show-Business at War (1943)
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott,...

Valley of the Tennessee (1944)
U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.

A War in Hollywood (2009)
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in...

The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill (2017)
Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between...

Ode to Victory (1943)
This short uses a musical suite to show Americans what they are fighting for in World War II. As an orchestra in military dress plays different...

Storm Front in Mayo (2019)
Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen...

Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century (2014)
A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier,...

Okay for Sound (1946)
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6...

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019)
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public...

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb (2015)
On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this...

Buck Privates (1941)
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor....

Edward & George: Two Brothers, One Throne (2012)
The complex relationship between royal brothers Edward VIII and George VI, who were both at the heart of the infamous abdication crisis of 1936, is...

Herrliche Zeiten (1950)
Compilation film about a very German first half of the 20th century.

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring...

41 (2012)
An HBO documentary, takes a ‘personal, not political’ look at George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.

FDR (1994)
Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises:...

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020)
The history of the East Lake Meadows public housing project in Atlanta and the people who lived there from 1970 to its demolition in 2000, with...

Tuesday in November (1945)
A propaganda short about the 1944 United States presidential election, produced by the Office of War information, for overseas distribution. It is...

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre (2020)
The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over...

1932 Lake Placid Olympics (1932)
IOC has restored 18 minutes from the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. Ten of those minutes are silent sequences from men’s speed skating. The other...

Reagan (2011)
Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president,...

Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)
Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project,...

The Soul of America (2020)
Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the...

Genocide (1982)
The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust...

For Me and My Gal (1942)
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

Wild by Law (1991)
Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling...

Filmmakers for the Prosecution (2023)
In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collect filmed and recorded evidence of the horrors...

Sirius (2013)
Dr. Steven Greer—an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher—discloses top secret information about classified energy and propulsion...

JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick (2014)
The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the...

The Astors: High Society (1996)
The very name conjures up images of the good life black tie affairs and high society balls. Yet their long saga proves that money is no guarantee of...

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Pornography (2016)
Everything you always wanted to know about pornography (but were afraid to ask).

The United States in the 20th Century 1932-1940 (1967)
Presents the history of the U S from the inauguration of Franklin D Roosevelt to the eve of World War II, including the Great Depression and New Deal...

First Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)
The Inauguration ceremony for Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4th 1933.

Europa: The Last Battle (2017)
EUROPA – The Last Battle is a multiple episode historical documentary which begins by showing the unseen side of World War I, and World War II,...

The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
Marooned sailors discover a World War II ship haunted by its late captain.

Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut (2007)
Using over an hour of new, never-before-seen material, combined with footage from 1946, producers David Abravanel Stein and Patrick S. Cunningham...

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who...

What We Are Fighting For (1943)
An air raid warden demonstrates safety measures, while a refugee from Occupied Europe reveals why she came to America.

Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021)
May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?

Money, Explained (2021)
We spend it, we borrow it, and save it. Now let's talk about money and its many minefields, from credit cards to casino, scammers to student loans.

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It...

10 Things You Don't Know About (2012)
Did you know that President John F. Kennedy was a bodybuilder, Roman ruler Caligula loved to gamble and drug kingpin Pablo Escobar burned millions in...

World War II in Colour (2009)
World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show...

Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers,...

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States (2012)
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.

The Lost Tapes (2016)
Encounter the Pearl Harbor attacks, the L.A. riots, the Son of Sam murders and Patty Hearst's kidnapping the way they unfolded on TVs and radios...

American Experience (1988)
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.

Explained (2018)
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.

Warlords (2007)
4 part TV documentary series about the 4 leaders in World War 2. Original aired by Channel Four in 2005. Part 1: Hitler v Stalin August 1939 - June...

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour (2019)
Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a whole...

Prohibition (2011)
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33)....

Apocalypse: D-Day (2024)
6 June 1944. A titanic fleet launched an assault on the beaches of Normandy. Objective: to liberate Europe from Hitler's yoke. Drawing on the lessons...

Taking the Oath: America's History From Oval Office (2011)
A fascinating 20th century journey through American history, as viewed from the unique perspective of the Oval Office. Includes memorable speeches...

First Ladies (2020)
Blending in-depth interviews, rare archival footage, and cinematic recreations, this docuseries on the lives of America's most iconic First Ladies is...

Ku Klux Klan: An American Story (2020)
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States....