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Clip: Season 1 | 3m 37s
Theodore Roosevelt was a larger-than-life character.
Aired: 09/13/14
Video has closed captioning.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, including Jessica & John Fullerton; The Pfeil Foundation David, Mindy, Robert & Daniel Pfeil; Joan Wellhouse Newton; Bonnie & Tom McCloskey; and The Golklin Family.
Eleanor and FDR look on in horror as the Nazi Party sweeps across Germany.
Eleanor Roosevelt: The Red Cross
During World War I Eleanor Roosevelt volunteered with the Red Cross.
Theodore Roosevelt: Political Beginnings
Theodore Roosevelt's political accomplishments at 26 were impressive.
Theodore Roosevelt marries Edith Carow and they settle down in Sagamore Hill, New York.
President McKinley Assassinated
President McKinley is assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Fourth Inaugural Address
January 1945 FDR speaks at his 4th Inaugural Address.
