The Roosevelts

Descriptive Audio: The Common Cause (1939-1944)

Episode 20 | 1h 55m 5s | Video has closed captioning.

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

Expires: 12/31/25

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; PBS and members of The Better Angels Society, …

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