American Experience: FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)

55mAired 1992-10-12

In this second episode, the subject is FDR's courageous fight with polio. With his wife Eleanor Roosevelt at his side, FDR, wins the Democratic nomination for president. He takes office at the beginning of the Great Depression. Exhorting the nation to keep the faith, FDR utters his famous words: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Playback is provided by a third-party source (XPrime). StreamFlix does not host any video files. If a stream fails to load, the source may be temporarily unavailable.