Rare Footage of FDR Walking With Leg Braces

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2017
  • FDR contracted polio at the age of 39, which left his legs partially paralyzed. Fearing this would impact his bid for presidency, he came to an agreement with the press: no photos of him walking or getting in and out of cars.
    From the Series: America in Color: The 1930s bit.ly/2hwYyUR
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  • @jcpark7242
    @jcpark7242 4 года назад +2529

    My grandmother had polio as a child and had trouble walking. She greatly admired FDR. She actually wrote to him and received a hand written letter back from the president.

    • @dashiellgillingham4579
      @dashiellgillingham4579 3 года назад +251

      That's part of why Americans loved him. He constantly did personal things like that.

    • @Miyamoto_Jim
      @Miyamoto_Jim 3 года назад +20

      No pic no proof

    • @MEGA_KITTEN
      @MEGA_KITTEN 3 года назад +45

      @@mapsinvideogames8621 u Ok man? You must be new to RUclips
      I too would like to see this letter on the off chance that it’s available to do so (anyone can comment a link to a photo) and I too think it would be pretty cool to see

    • @dustydeemer8347
      @dustydeemer8347 3 года назад +27

      @@mapsinvideogames8621 i love when kids post these little comments acting like they don't look stupider than the person they're responding to

    • @padre619
      @padre619 3 года назад +20

      My uncle had a handwritten letter from Kennedy but it was stolen in a burglary when he lived in LA

  • @sillybirdy1994
    @sillybirdy1994 3 года назад +1671

    I can't help but find the irony in FDR's leadership in defeating the Nazis when the Nazis would have thrown a man in his physical condition into the ovens. What a sharp juxtaposition that I don't think really gets enough attention.

    • @luigigaudelli6784
      @luigigaudelli6784 3 года назад +11

      Ovens??

    • @mufflersponge8969
      @mufflersponge8969 3 года назад +7

      There were other fighting nations

    • @panzerbanz7296
      @panzerbanz7296 3 года назад +16

      That is very blue pilled.

    • @andreaz9971
      @andreaz9971 3 года назад +44

      I think not, he was affected by polio not by a genetic disease. Gobbels himself suffered from polio in his childhood

    • @itsluger6278
      @itsluger6278 3 года назад +91

      @@andreaz9971 It's not about being sick in general. It's about being physically impaired/disabled which was a big no no and would indeed get you killed.

  • @thewasp5556
    @thewasp5556 5 лет назад +2434

    "They see me rollin', they hatin'."
    ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

    • @CoolguyColt1
      @CoolguyColt1 4 года назад +26

      Legendary comment

    • @SvendleBerries
      @SvendleBerries 4 года назад +43

      "I know theyre thinkin Im so white and nerdy."

    • @chiangkaishrek5123
      @chiangkaishrek5123 4 года назад +15

      **They called me rollypolly*

    • @danbam3411
      @danbam3411 4 года назад +14

      The Wasp “they see me strolling, they laughin
      And so far, they all think I’m so white and nerdy”

    • @Khultan
      @Khultan 4 года назад +2

      And Blacks been suckers ever since then.

  • @anaxo1971
    @anaxo1971 6 лет назад +2744

    FDR: 'The only thing to fear is fear itself'.

    • @herbivorethecarnivore8447
      @herbivorethecarnivore8447 5 лет назад +164

      "And lack of wheelchair accessibility"

    • @superbird4351
      @superbird4351 5 лет назад +90

      “And the public witnessing me walking”

    • @mtz5438
      @mtz5438 4 года назад +22

      And sharks

    • @staffofra9906
      @staffofra9906 4 года назад +20

      And snakes

    • @SvendleBerries
      @SvendleBerries 4 года назад +21

      "The only thing to fear, is fear itself...or my throwing you in prison because of your racial ties to the enemy." - FDR

  • @angelsaltamontes7336
    @angelsaltamontes7336 4 года назад +2088

    "Roosevelt looks like an energetic candidate. But he has something to hide."---(1:10), the camera shows it: his COMB-OVER!!!

    • @Kyle_Schaff
      @Kyle_Schaff 4 года назад +23

      This is a very underrated comment

    • @harrybetteridge7532
      @harrybetteridge7532 4 года назад +45

      The last secret of FDR knew about the difficulty walking but the bald spot has been kept under the hat for a very long time.

    • @stephenryan7855
      @stephenryan7855 4 года назад +2

      Thats what I thought?

    • @TheAirRunner1
      @TheAirRunner1 4 года назад

      Kyle Schaff presidents nowadays can buy their hair back then you had to be creative

    • @Ettibridget
      @Ettibridget 3 года назад

      Who cares?!? People are obsessed with Trump's hair too! How can that possibly be important?

  • @CptMikeTango1
    @CptMikeTango1 6 лет назад +1044

    No smartphone for sneaky videos of him walking

    • @aaronscarpa7469
      @aaronscarpa7469 5 лет назад +49

      Exactly, it wasn’t so easy to take secret footage of someone in 1932.

    • @432leumas
      @432leumas 3 года назад +9

      no smartphone, just people enjoying the moment

    • @bluepikman7851
      @bluepikman7851 3 года назад +7

      @@432leumas"teChnoLogY bAd"

    • @JohnWayne-rg1hm
      @JohnWayne-rg1hm 3 года назад +1

      @@bluepikman7851 it is bad

    • @bluepikman7851
      @bluepikman7851 3 года назад +5

      @@JohnWayne-rg1hm Then why are you using it then? Tell me how so too.

  • @cameronmillsgolf
    @cameronmillsgolf 4 года назад +396

    When you really look at the video, this is also rare footage of FDR in color

    • @him12672
      @him12672 4 года назад +53

      It's artificial colouring, not real color

    • @adaminfinity1733
      @adaminfinity1733 4 года назад +10

      @@him12672 there was color back then. Gone with the wind , Wizard of Oz came out in 1939. That was before this. It's just that most movies and TV shows stayed black and white until the mid 1960's.

    • @Nookerdog777
      @Nookerdog777 4 года назад +26

      @@adaminfinity1733 they werent recorded in color
      Color was added later

    • @RianeBane
      @RianeBane 4 года назад +6

      @@adaminfinity1733 Exactly. This footage wasn't recorded in color. It was artificially added.

    • @NickG123
      @NickG123 3 года назад +3

      @@RianeBane I believe Kodak has had color film since 1924, it was just more expensive then B&W, and color film STILL is substantially more expensive then black and white...

  • @hottrubbish
    @hottrubbish 3 года назад +400

    It’s weird to imagine a public figure setting boundaries with the press and the press observing them. The change in attitudes from FDR to Lady Di is dizzying

    • @SandfordSmythe
      @SandfordSmythe 3 года назад +13

      Nixon blew it in the US

    • @vm99125
      @vm99125 3 года назад +1

      @@SandfordSmythe how so?

    • @SandfordSmythe
      @SandfordSmythe 3 года назад +10

      @@vm99125 Nixon became fair bait, as his presidency was corrupt .There was little sense of honor and respect left. Unfortunately this tradition carried on in the press.

    • @mickeymouse7704
      @mickeymouse7704 3 года назад +6

      @@SandfordSmythe he was a good president until he got exposed, which made him one of the worst presidents of the US. He ruined his own presidency

    • @noahjohnson935
      @noahjohnson935 3 года назад +6

      @@mickeymouse7704 Heck, Nixon wasn't even really involved in the break in at Watergate. He got caught trying to sweep it under the rug.

  • @facemite5313
    @facemite5313 3 года назад +228

    I didn’t know youtube existed in the 30’s.

  • @badger1170
    @badger1170 3 года назад +41

    Proving that physical disabilities should not disqualify anyone from any job. FDR was one of our greatest presidents.

  • @anonymousguy6928
    @anonymousguy6928 4 года назад +1381

    Back when the press had some respect for the greater good. Now they would all be clamoring to get a shot of him trying to walk in public just to get some publicity.

    • @Bevity
      @Bevity 4 года назад +75

      Anonymous Guy Still not as bad as Trump would be, mocking his leg braces and pretending to walk like him!

    • @eliwurster5237
      @eliwurster5237 4 года назад +31

      I don’t think hiding a serious disease of a presidential candidate is something to be proud of...

    • @siemkidane9177
      @siemkidane9177 4 года назад +56

      @@eliwurster5237 no trump mocked a disable reporter when he was running for president

    • @Megalaglag
      @Megalaglag 4 года назад +11

      Eli Wurster he didn’t have the disease he just couldn’t walk because of it

    • @juddpalmer5445
      @juddpalmer5445 4 года назад +14

      Eli Wurster With his stage of polio it wouldn’t affect his long term health just his mobility.

  • @reecen819
    @reecen819 3 года назад +156

    You’ve gotta admire the respect of the media back then.
    Nowadays, the media would try to convince you he’s a cyborg from the future that here to end humanity because he has metal braces....

    • @dashiellgillingham4579
      @dashiellgillingham4579 3 года назад +4

      A line must be drawn between 'media,' as in reporters, who are generally respectful even today, and the public in general, who were granted an exactly equal appearance to actual reporters when the internet was set up in spite of the vast gulf between them.

    • @greenearth975
      @greenearth975 3 года назад +1

      @@dashiellgillingham4579 Yeah because the modern press is so great?

    • @dashiellgillingham4579
      @dashiellgillingham4579 3 года назад +5

      @@greenearth975 Not say'n they're perfect. Just that they're still the same people doing the same job, as they always have.

    • @earlofmar7987
      @earlofmar7987 3 года назад

      If the media didn't do & say what FDR wanted. He would send the IRS after them.

    • @banyasbeansofficial6484
      @banyasbeansofficial6484 Год назад

      Honestly the media has always been divided like this.

  • @benjaminteixeira4709
    @benjaminteixeira4709 4 года назад +314

    I was shocked at his combover more than anything else

    • @Ooth9999
      @Ooth9999 4 года назад +1

      What do you mean

    • @benjaminteixeira4709
      @benjaminteixeira4709 4 года назад +1

      @@Ooth9999 1:10 I always knew he couldn't walk I never knew he was this bald tho

    • @makingmoneywithmj7752
      @makingmoneywithmj7752 3 года назад +4

      @@benjaminteixeira4709 because he had enough length in the front to cover the mid section

    • @runnininthe80s84
      @runnininthe80s84 3 года назад

      He had a weird tape up

  • @MrAhkmid
    @MrAhkmid 3 года назад +92

    What a legend. He was shut down by the government time and time again when wanting to get involved in WW2, yet still finding ways to lend aid to our future allies. For four consecutive terms, he walked when he could not, and walked all the way to the finish line. It's a terrible shame he could not live to see the war end.

    • @rossvaneldik3562
      @rossvaneldik3562 Год назад +1

      Yes, he wanted to get into the war so badly that he initiated the attack on pearl harbor, by cutting off oil to Japan. He knew it would instigate retaliation from them, AND he knew that they were going to attack pearl harbor, specifically, and did nothing about it. He allowed it to happen, to get Americans to support entering the war.

    • @noahjohnson935
      @noahjohnson935 Год назад

      @@rossvaneldik3562 Japan was going to come after America anyways. The Philippines were too strategically important and resource rich. By cutting off the oil and moving the Pacific fleet to Hawaii he hoped that it would deter Japan's military posturing.

    • @NicholleChristineEdwards
      @NicholleChristineEdwards 6 месяцев назад

      Above not below. 🎩✌️

  • @rawmilkdrinker
    @rawmilkdrinker 3 года назад +74

    “tough times never last, only tough people last, wblblblbl.” -FDR 1932

    • @darioust
      @darioust 3 года назад

      underrated ^^^

  • @jmgjmg3110
    @jmgjmg3110 3 года назад +316

    1:30 FDR is like “Stop filming me “

    • @TheMan05555
      @TheMan05555 3 года назад +7

      He wouldn’t last in today’s political world.

    • @lauracordova2085
      @lauracordova2085 3 года назад

      @@TheMan05555 yeah lol

    • @neilfeinberg7825
      @neilfeinberg7825 3 года назад +1

      Anyone else think John Lithgow would make an FDR spitting image on film?

    • @carltonbanks8251
      @carltonbanks8251 3 года назад

      @@neilfeinberg7825 He does make a good Churchill tho. Idk about FDR.

    • @borisgiannikvachuk2290
      @borisgiannikvachuk2290 3 года назад +3

      @@TheMan05555 If Joe Biden could, FDR could.

  • @regertz
    @regertz 5 лет назад +40

    His legs were fully paralyzed. When he "walked" he was locking his legs in braces and forcing the legs to swivel along.

  • @carI_1
    @carI_1 4 года назад +240

    You know, JFK actually admired FDR as FDR was the president who gave JFK's father the role of Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1938 - 1940. Additionally, JFK also had to sometimes walk with crutches as FDR did. He usually walked up to the stage where he was speaking and ditched the crutches at the last minute and leaned on the podium. JFK didnt have polio though, he had many diseases, one of them being Addisons Disease. The reason he had to walk with crutches is he had many back surguries and injuries when he was younger.

    • @humbertocellig
      @humbertocellig 4 года назад +6

      Amazing. I am huge fan of both Presidents, in my opinion the two greatest of all time. I think President Kennedy was friend of FDR son, am I right? God Bless You.

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 4 года назад +4

      Nice detail relation with president John Fitsgerald Kennedy and FDR you probably know there are wiered conections with Abraham Lincoln and JFK for example they were elected president 100 years from each other in 1860 and 1960 respectibly or the fact that they were both shot in the back of the head by the side of their wifes or the fact that Lincoln was shot in FORDS theater and JFK was shot in a LINCOLN car made by FORD or that both of their assasins were killed before beeing put to trial or the fact that both of there succesors AKA vice presidents were named johnson and were southeners but there are some lies too like the fact that LIncoln had a secretary named Kennedy and Kennedy had a secretary named lincoln there are many other coincidences betteween many other presidents like the fact that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died the same day and 50 years since they helped write and adopt the Declaration of Independence or the fact that both teedy Roosevelt and Ronald Regan were shot and survived

    • @ValleyoftheRogue
      @ValleyoftheRogue 4 года назад +7

      JFK was a physical mess. He was often photographed and filmed in a rocking chair, which he needed for his back. Oftentimes, JFK could barely move. I would argue he was in much worse health than FDR was.

    • @alpha-omega2362
      @alpha-omega2362 4 года назад

      @Airlord 1300 you mean like chain smoking and having double martini's at lunch, dinner and in the evening? Not to mention messing around with his "secretaries"...

    • @mrleedra
      @mrleedra 4 года назад +2

      I believe JFK's back problems were largely caused by a serious injury he sustained in naval combat in WWII, after which he spent two days floating in the ocean rescuing crewmen.

  • @CaptchaNeon
    @CaptchaNeon 3 года назад +55

    Just the fact that he had the confidence to run to be President with his condition is incredible. I love listening to his Fireside Chats even though I’m only in my 30’s. I have never felt my age, I have always been fascinated with the 1940’s and 1950’s and I live my everyday life with it centred around those times.

    • @calvinjackson8110
      @calvinjackson8110 Год назад +5

      You are not alone. I lived through the 1950s but am fascinated with the 1940s. My father lived and saw those times. I like the way men and women dressed back then and how life centered around family and family dinners and the radio with Roosevelt speaking.

    • @NicholleChristineEdwards
      @NicholleChristineEdwards 6 месяцев назад

      Warm. 🎩✌️

  • @MrLeoben2
    @MrLeoben2 5 лет назад +203

    As Commander in Chief he kicked the ass of an enemy who would have viewed him as a worthless eater. Fitting. He is one of the greatest leaders our nation has known.

    • @stevenhart6788
      @stevenhart6788 4 года назад +5

      He was a good speaker, but a pretty bad president.

    • @nicolasg8091
      @nicolasg8091 3 года назад +48

      Steven Hart I guess that’s why the nation re-elected him three times and his administration began with the Great Depression and ended with America’s golden age.

    • @bruvlord1133
      @bruvlord1133 3 года назад +14

      @@nicolasg8091 4 times

    • @clarkstrange2142
      @clarkstrange2142 3 года назад +3

      @@nicolasg8091 based

    • @dnhy7951
      @dnhy7951 3 года назад +4

      @@stevenhart6788 Yeah right, Hoover was such a better option.Are you for real?

  • @CGDubz87
    @CGDubz87 3 года назад +436

    2020: "He can't walk right, he's not fit to be president"

    • @maxace1078
      @maxace1078 3 года назад +39

      No they would be like: “he’s extremely racist, he’s not fit to be president”

    • @Alephrpy
      @Alephrpy 3 года назад +7

      Indonesia once had a blind president.

    • @JD-Media
      @JD-Media 3 года назад +10

      Every news article would be "He's not fit for President!"

    • @maxace1078
      @maxace1078 3 года назад +8

      @@JD-Media no they would be “he’s racist, he’s not fit to be president”

    • @PolarShine_
      @PolarShine_ 3 года назад +4

      Didn't the GOP throw that wheelchair guy on stage and make him stand up and salute during the RNC last year? Oddly enough I think FDR would have been shown off as a underdog story in modern politics but not to the point of presidency . Also his policies would get shot down immediately in America's currently political climate

  • @Maserati7200
    @Maserati7200 5 лет назад +147

    I’ve never seen color footage of FDR- and Hoover. Quite interesting

    • @soaplore1973
      @soaplore1973 4 года назад +8

      It's artificial

    • @Amoweffam
      @Amoweffam 3 года назад +4

      Maserati7200 there is colour on Eisenhower’s oath you can see Hoover on the side

    • @1960markN
      @1960markN 3 года назад

      black and white film, recently colorized

    • @idkwhy_0779
      @idkwhy_0779 3 года назад

      @@1960markN Cyrano de Bergerac is thought to be the first film shown in color and sound. It was filmed in 1900 so its completely possible.

    • @dgsjrext282
      @dgsjrext282 3 года назад

      @@soaplore1973 first of all your not Churchill and second of all and there’s been color photos and videos they weren’t common but in the late 1920s and even before that

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 4 года назад +525

    FDR: “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself!”
    Random person: “...and spiders!”
    FDR: “Well, yes, ‘and spiders’, that goes without saying...”
    🕷

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 4 года назад +9

      G Blizzard it was actually from “Robot Chicken”.

    • @gblizzard7518
      @gblizzard7518 4 года назад +2

      @@princessmarlena1359 I gotta watch that.

    • @caiomiguel7152
      @caiomiguel7152 4 года назад +1

      Lol, and it's true it could go on and on

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 года назад +1

      *Billie Eilish has left the chat*

    • @vr_x7364
      @vr_x7364 4 года назад +1

      🤣🤣😂

  • @tomlxyz
    @tomlxyz 4 года назад +49

    It's nice to know that his condition wasn't focused on by media or opponents of him, at least not significantly it seems

  • @sydneyw4282
    @sydneyw4282 3 года назад +11

    I think this is so awesome. The respect between the president and the press and also him not letting his disability hold him back. A great man.

  • @powers1079
    @powers1079 4 года назад +10

    he always look much older than he really was. Pollio and heavy smoking took it's toll. When he died he was only 63 and he looked like he was 85 years old.

  • @dr.danburritoman1293
    @dr.danburritoman1293 3 года назад +44

    1:34 Roosevelt looks in great shape there for someone with polio. Or, really, great shape in general.

  • @AlekWheeler
    @AlekWheeler 3 года назад +7

    FDRs smile always hits me different.
    Like it’s so over the top it’s wonderful

  • @johnmoore2434
    @johnmoore2434 3 года назад +6

    Nowadays, nobody would believe he ever had polio in the first place.

  • @Nachoto
    @Nachoto 3 года назад +60

    "What would they think of me if they saw me? Nobody would vote for me, they'll think i'm weak"
    *Takes the country out of the depression and proceeds to get elected 4 times in a row*
    What a man.

    • @SYNTIFICMUSIC1
      @SYNTIFICMUSIC1 8 месяцев назад

      What a racist! This man was no hero, and for whatever reason, the left refuses to tell the truth about this racist communist!!!

    • @NicholleChristineEdwards
      @NicholleChristineEdwards 6 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you Nacho. 🎩✌️

    • @Ettibridget
      @Ettibridget 4 месяца назад

      Well, I guess it's a fair discussion whether you can have a state leader in a wheelchair. Even the late german politician Wolfgang Schäuble (who was in wheelchair himself) said that.

  • @roosevelta.n9429
    @roosevelta.n9429 5 лет назад +29

    I'm happy to be named Roosevelt. Planning to visit his memorial some day

    • @LBF522
      @LBF522 5 лет назад +2

      I did last year and it was wonderful. I also visited Hyde Park.

    • @hectic8636
      @hectic8636 4 года назад

      Names dont mean anything, do something for yourself

    • @frankpaya690
      @frankpaya690 4 года назад +1

      I bet you're black

    • @gfartzejolva4168
      @gfartzejolva4168 2 года назад

      You shouldn't look into FDR.

    • @franklinchenfranklin4840
      @franklinchenfranklin4840 2 года назад

      im happy to be named Franklin

  • @TravisBroski
    @TravisBroski 3 года назад +15

    The thing is, FDR’s fear of being seen like that is totally justified, especially in today’s world. Regardless whether you’re a politician or a famous person, people (and by that I mean the press) will just focus on all your worst aspects and point out at you to make you weak.

  • @coldwar45
    @coldwar45 6 лет назад +81

    This is one of two known existing pieces of footage of him "walking" with the braces. The other (a short ten second clip of him doing it with one of his sons) can be seen on the American Experience video "FDR" and I believe the clip itself is up on YT.

    • @coldwar45
      @coldwar45 5 лет назад +7

      And about two months ago a third piece of footage of him doing the walk at the White House balcony in 1935 was found

  • @Miyamoto_Jim
    @Miyamoto_Jim 3 года назад +16

    “Had an agreement with the press”
    _bruh_

    • @LoneGRoEnt
      @LoneGRoEnt 3 года назад +1

      You think press should have freedom of speech when it can be used as the voice of the government to push political agendas like making the sitting President look able? Well it does.

  • @gmodrules123456789
    @gmodrules123456789 4 года назад +37

    I love how he bounces his head when he talks.

    • @frankpaya690
      @frankpaya690 4 года назад +6

      He's "doing" the "chicken"

    • @destubae3271
      @destubae3271 3 года назад

      Just like Oprah

    • @sherryhannah9262
      @sherryhannah9262 Год назад +1

      @@destubae3271 shut up this is about Franklin D Roosevelt not Oprah

  • @richardguzman2108
    @richardguzman2108 4 года назад +43

    1:23
    Look at those Triceps though

    • @colinj69
      @colinj69 4 года назад +10

      The man used his arms to rotate his body and leverage himself between his son and cane to move. He literally had to carry himself around all the time.

    • @richardguzman2108
      @richardguzman2108 4 года назад +6

      @@colinj69 Still AESTHETIC

  • @calvinjackson8110
    @calvinjackson8110 Год назад +7

    I heard him speak on a video at the 50th celebration of Lady Liberty. His voice resonates confidence, hope and trust that things will be all right. Looking at his mannerisms and the way he speaks, his head stance, I can see why he is so lovingly remembered and why people voted for him a FOURTH term! He was a beacon of hope when the nation was at its lowest. People never forgot how he pulled the nation through when he was needed the most. He is so loved that all you have to do is say "FDR" and practically everybody know exactly who you mean. Wow, he was something. My uncle's first name is ROOSEVELT!

  • @cringyfortnitekidavenue6410
    @cringyfortnitekidavenue6410 3 года назад +3

    Impressive how the coloring is, it looks like a 1990's film

  • @pranavyeleti3499
    @pranavyeleti3499 3 года назад +11

    He lead the country greatly even with polio

  • @9000yugioh
    @9000yugioh 5 лет назад +1343

    Democrats had
    FDR, JFK, RFK, LBJ, Truman, and somehow we got Hillary for 2016......

    • @Debre.
      @Debre. 5 лет назад +126

      Since FDR, somehow every president is worse/not a lot better than the one before him. :/

    • @Awakeningspirit20
      @Awakeningspirit20 5 лет назад +173

      I know!! Truly, 'What Happened?' to the Democratic Party? Back in those days we had real leaders with real vision. The closest people to them these days are Obama and Bernie. Bernie's job plan actually would bring back New Deal programs.

    • @9000yugioh
      @9000yugioh 5 лет назад +85

      awakeningspirit20 exactly I’m a democrat
      I’ve been a democrat my whole life
      Bernie got my hyped to be a democrat but when he lost I didn’t even go vote

    • @Awakeningspirit20
      @Awakeningspirit20 5 лет назад +45

      I've taken political quizzes and I score as a Democrat on every category! I just consider myself one of the New Deal era. I support guns and life and God but also left wing economic causes and solutions. It's a shame that I can't find peace in either party these days, but I believe that after the Dems lose a bit more they will eventually revert back to their old way, FDR's way!

    • @brennanr.697
      @brennanr.697 5 лет назад +30

      Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell thank you for not voting for Hillary Clinton on principal. Thanks for guaranteeing that the Supreme Court will be progressively more hostile to the basic rights of women and minorities for another generation.

  • @geogacct6234
    @geogacct6234 5 лет назад +253

    FDR did not make the best decisions, but that can only be said due to hindsight, of the day, I think FDR did everything with the best interest of the nation in mind. 75 years later very easy to arm chair quarterback his decisions. And wow, look at the press back then, actual true Americans in the press on a wide scale. It's difficult to imagine.

    • @TooCooFoYou
      @TooCooFoYou 5 лет назад +32

      Geog Acct
      While FDR did fuck up at times, he helped America slowly get back on its feet (especially with the war).

    • @ransom182
      @ransom182 5 лет назад +10

      His moto was if something doesn't work admit it frankly and try something else - so at least he tried new ideas!

    • @TheJosephPrice
      @TheJosephPrice 5 лет назад +50

      The vast majority of his policies worked, and many of them are still in effect to this day. His biggest mistake, which hurt his image and went against his otherwise progressive policies, was the interment of Japanese-Americans.
      Aside from that, which was very, very bad. He was a fantastic president and one of the absolute best we've ever had.

    • @generalgrievous2438
      @generalgrievous2438 5 лет назад +6

      Joseph Price I would also say his attempt to pack the court was even worse than the internment camps, was downright racist.

    • @generalgrievous2438
      @generalgrievous2438 5 лет назад +2

      Joseph Price facist *

  • @gkniffen
    @gkniffen 4 года назад +16

    We need you again, Franklin.

  • @joen3992
    @joen3992 3 года назад +5

    Can't remember where I saw it. But years back PBS had a documentary about FDR. It stated that his son, which always walked at his side. Held his Father's weight while he walked beside him. Both men did strength training to make FDR's walk look flawless. The same doc said he had his car rigged to allow him to drive. With the shifter, brakes and gas near the wheel, not on the floor by his feet...quite interesting of a man.

  • @janineharrison5186
    @janineharrison5186 4 года назад +20

    Thank goodness we had him during such trying times. We have had so few ' exemplary presidents'!

  • @Joe-ff4if
    @Joe-ff4if 3 года назад +7

    wow trying to keep something like that secret today would be impossible

  • @thomasel9171
    @thomasel9171 2 года назад +3

    imagine a president today speaking with such strength and pathos

  • @gamerdrummerdrew1009
    @gamerdrummerdrew1009 2 года назад +2

    He demonstrated that it’s not the physical attributes that makes one great but rather the content of one’s character.

  • @legalvampire8136
    @legalvampire8136 3 года назад +6

    During World War II Franklin Roosevelt visited a military hospital full of war casualties. He made sure to visit every ward in which there were men who had lost a leg. He wanted them to see that he could not walk properly but had still become President, so that they would not despair about their own futures.

    • @sherryhannah9262
      @sherryhannah9262 Год назад

      Legal Vampire I know that I saw that in a documentary about him

  • @allys744
    @allys744 6 лет назад +24

    This is so cool! The audio and filter are very restored

  • @coced
    @coced 5 лет назад +6

    He carried the weight of a superpower at war without working legs

    • @stacyblue1980
      @stacyblue1980 4 года назад +1

      He was a wonderful leader.

    • @frankpaya690
      @frankpaya690 4 года назад

      Like Obama, he had a pen and a phone, that's how through executive order, he had millions of Japanese Americans incarcerated for the duration of the war.

  • @WootTootZoot
    @WootTootZoot 4 года назад +2

    I read recently that FDR complained of pain in his legs, which isn't a symptom of the effects of polio and that some Doctors think he possibly had Guillain-Barré syndrome .

    • @frankpaya690
      @frankpaya690 4 года назад +1

      And He died in bed, with his mistress on top of him.

  • @mihirm3632
    @mihirm3632 5 лет назад +8

    What a horrible society to discriminate against a handicapped person.

    • @bullmoosevelt4495
      @bullmoosevelt4495 5 лет назад +2

      Its not about discrimination towards a handicapped guy, its about the health concerns of the presidential office. The Government and the people don't want to elect a guy who can't even function on his own to the most difficult job in the entire country. FDR dying in 1945 and Truman taking his place only proved that further.

    • @sherryhannah9262
      @sherryhannah9262 Год назад

      @@bullmoosevelt4495 FDR died in 1945 not 1944

  • @skywatcher651
    @skywatcher651 3 года назад +53

    FDR was a great man and president. He led the US well during WW2, a most difficult time

  • @sillynelson1
    @sillynelson1 5 лет назад +8

    Mama said they was my magic shoes, Mama said they’d take me anywhere.

  • @sarkaniemi
    @sarkaniemi 3 года назад +9

    And he went on to became the longest serving president of the United States, and perhaps one of the best.

    • @s.c5714
      @s.c5714 3 года назад +3

      definitely not one of the best

    • @sarkaniemi
      @sarkaniemi 3 года назад +1

      @@s.c5714 FDR led the US through the depression in the 1930s, ordered the New Deal, he also led the US through the WWII, and is by many considered as one of the best. But of course one can argue about that, and considering we so far have had 46 presidents, I'm sure there are plenty to count as better or best.

    • @googeleioguy
      @googeleioguy 3 года назад +2

      @@sarkaniemi He also re-segregated the White House, aired The Clansmen in the theater, appointed Klansmen to government rôles, denied black Olympians White House access, imprisoned Japanese in concentration camps, attempted to stack the courts in 1937, had ridiculous taxes of 75%-94% which dragged the depression, which he solved by provoking the Japanese into war. He did this all while having polio, interesting indeed.

    • @sarkaniemi
      @sarkaniemi 3 года назад

      @@googeleioguy Surely he made some decisions that today sound controversial or crazy. But back then, it was different. Times change. Back then, the American society was a bit different, and certain values were more accepted. I do not defend it, but I only say that certain things were more common and more accepted back then. Not only by FDR, but by the American public. But let's keep in mind that FDR is the longest-serving US president who won four consecutive presidential terms, and was in office for twelve years. He was elected by the people, and the American people voted for him. So he was elected as the best choice during that time by the American people. Again, times change, and so do certain values. Two hundred years ago, slavery was a common practice. Today it's unthinkable and wrong in all aspects. So if we look back at history, we can certainly notice mistakes that some people (leaders etc.) made, but it's easier now to point them out in our time. Back then or back in time, some things were different. I don't defend FDR for everything he did, and you are right about the points you mention, but still we need to keep in mind that he was elected by the American people as the best choice. And also I think US presidents (or any other leader) make an oath to do their best for their country and make the best decisions for their country. I assume the choices and the decisions he made back then were the best for America.

    • @googeleioguy
      @googeleioguy 3 года назад +2

      @@sarkaniemi I understand your point about his 4 consecutive elections, but in his time, previous presidents had already de-segregated, he brought the country into war and put people in concentration camps. Judging him by 20th century standards, he was still a racist and a war-monger; he did win 4 elections though. I give him credit for that [helped from the wartime hype]

  • @humbertocellig
    @humbertocellig 5 лет назад +267

    a brilliant statesman, a man of courage and integrity God Bless FDR.

    • @isorokudono
      @isorokudono 5 лет назад +13

      Your name suits you poorly. He was a crippled bigoted Fascist. You are devoid of knowledge of history.

    • @peasant7214
      @peasant7214 4 года назад +1

      who killd Jay if kay?

    • @isorokudono
      @isorokudono 4 года назад +3

      @Mihai Craciun The nazis got all their race laws from DEMOCRATS and, eugenics ideas from Progressives like MARGARET SANGER of planned partenhood. FDR had a 90% tax rate which made the depression go on YEARS after it should have ended. You need you read you some THOMAS SOWELL.

    • @UnfoundFilms
      @UnfoundFilms 4 года назад

      Roland Deschain hile, gunslinger

    • @smith2354
      @smith2354 4 года назад +5

      @@isorokudono "FDR had a 90% tax rate which made the depression go on YEARS after it should have ended" well considering we didn't have another Great Recession for the next 60 years or so following his New Deal and ONLY after his acts (like Glass-Steagall) were repealed did we start having recessions every 10 years.

  • @hellorandomperson0
    @hellorandomperson0 3 года назад +75

    FDR would _not_ be elected today, and here's why:
    _22nd Amendment_

    • @depressedmidlifecrisistimm3043
      @depressedmidlifecrisistimm3043 3 года назад +48

      FDR would _not_ be elected today, and here’s why:
      _He’s dead_

    • @SpicySauce1
      @SpicySauce1 3 года назад +2

      The 22nd amendment only applies to people who are elected after 1947, he could still run.

    • @AP-23
      @AP-23 3 года назад +4

      @@SpicySauce1 umm actually he can’t.

    • @AP-23
      @AP-23 3 года назад +13

      @@SpicySauce1 he had polio so I don’t think he could run very well

    • @SpicySauce1
      @SpicySauce1 3 года назад +1

      @@AP-23 tru, tru

  • @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820
    @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 5 лет назад +7

    The most badass president ever. Had to deal with the great depression, world war 2, oh, and 4 elections. Won each one by a landslide, real landslides, not a narrow margin of a few thousand votes in a couple of swing states. That's what I call winning.

  • @maverick211211
    @maverick211211 3 года назад +2

    With all these ailments he still became president. Something to learn from

  • @Luvias0415
    @Luvias0415 5 лет назад +1

    I've never seen FDR in such vivid color before, it's always been black and white recordings

  • @jonathanfalkowsky672
    @jonathanfalkowsky672 3 года назад +3

    Things are much better when seen in color.

  • @JD-Media
    @JD-Media 3 года назад +3

    The media would never agree to such an agreement nowadays.

  • @ncchengncss7665
    @ncchengncss7665 2 года назад +2

    respect from Chinese. I love to read history book, but Roosevelt was a regular in my middle school history exam.

  • @Brace67
    @Brace67 4 года назад +2

    It was a different time then in that the press respected FDR’s request that he not be filmed “walking” with his leg braces and holding onto an aide. FDR could not walk. He swung his hips from one side and then the other to give the semblance of actually walking with his legs held ridged by the steel braces. Today, his inability to walk would always be foremost in conversation and in video. His request to not have his disability shown would be ignored.

  • @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti1663
    @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti1663 4 года назад +7

    *MAUDE:* _THAT man had charisma!_
    *ARCHIE:* _I don't care if he was SICK!_

  • @GCH35
    @GCH35 3 года назад +3

    FDR IS AMAZING

  • @simonsimon2888
    @simonsimon2888 Год назад +1

    Many talk with their feet but for FDR talks and speaks with one America's heart. To the rest can only be "my foot!"

  • @okmangeez
    @okmangeez 3 года назад +2

    Love or hate the man... He had massive balls.

  • @westide3050
    @westide3050 4 года назад +7

    The footage isn't really rare anymore if it's shared on the internet

    • @geophph4324
      @geophph4324 4 года назад +2

      We should really use that trick on rare endangered species

    • @bitlikethat
      @bitlikethat 4 года назад +6

      It’s rare because there’s very little footage of said subject... not because of how many people see this video.

  • @johnf.kennedy7022
    @johnf.kennedy7022 3 года назад +3

    FDR was a great man.

  • @internetstrangerstrangerofweb
    @internetstrangerstrangerofweb Год назад +1

    I wonder how many dropped dead when FDR angrily screamed at them

  • @bross003Angus
    @bross003Angus 5 лет назад +3

    Wow he walked well with leg braces.

  • @malisarai6516
    @malisarai6516 6 лет назад +17

    Amazing video!!!

  • @thelastroman7791
    @thelastroman7791 Год назад +14

    As a Republican, while I don’t always agree with all of FDR policies. I still find his character to be one of genuine goodness and love for his country and his fight against Polio to be inspiring and heartfelt. While I may not have voted for him, I can see why he earned his place in American history.

    • @Gtasplayer
      @Gtasplayer Год назад +1

      Good person, Bad president

  • @49ersmahsf1
    @49ersmahsf1 24 дня назад +2

    No way he would have kept that a secret now a days !

  • @Boomhauersdad
    @Boomhauersdad 10 месяцев назад +2

    Imagine living during this time with no vaccine for polio and have to worry about contracting it. I’d be washing my hands every hour. Hygiene is one of the best areas that the world has improved on.

  • @joshuacaceres9960
    @joshuacaceres9960 3 года назад +6

    The way this man led a country in crisis and in the midst of an attack demanding an immediate response and the obligation to participate in a war against the most powerful European army.
    No doubt Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the greatest president in the United States, a lot of respect for Lincoln whom I have as the second best president.

  • @sacredhamburger6309
    @sacredhamburger6309 3 года назад +6

    This man always had a plan. A true president.

  • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
    @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 4 года назад +2

    More like, rare footage of FDR IN COLOR!!

    • @frankpaya690
      @frankpaya690 4 года назад

      Some of you are way behind the times, haven't you seen some old movies, that were black and white that have since been colorized, in this digital age?

  • @hartts9392
    @hartts9392 4 года назад +1

    My great grandmother got polio and had to use a walker to get around and she couldn't walk more than 1 or 2 steps

  • @Whiteboytripping
    @Whiteboytripping 3 года назад +4

    Back when the press could show respect

  • @jimba6486
    @jimba6486 5 лет назад +3

    Leg me get this straight. You asked the media to not do something they could exploit you for, and they just listened...twilight zone.
    I had no clue about his legs. First time hearing this, and I always liked hearing about FDR.

    • @rodgerdodger2459
      @rodgerdodger2459 5 лет назад +1

      Well it’s more of American pride and symbolism. They chose not to show him handicapped because we were in WWII and we needed a powerful leader.

  • @gabrielledemoulin5787
    @gabrielledemoulin5787 5 лет назад +2

    Each of some form of disability which we would hate to have photographed and over-analyzed.

    • @stacyblue1980
      @stacyblue1980 4 года назад

      I now right. Nobody needs to know about my Lupus lol. Silent but cruel disease. Disability? Well, I try to push on forward. On we go! Be brave!

  • @Galactis1
    @Galactis1 3 года назад

    Love this in color footage.

  • @richclarey
    @richclarey 3 года назад +4

    I admire FDR for his leadership. We could use another guy like this.

  • @rockinuu5972
    @rockinuu5972 4 года назад +15

    So even back then the media decided what they wanted the public to think. Some things never change

  • @timmy7201
    @timmy7201 2 года назад +1

    Feels like they saw his physical impairment as a weakness, instead of bad luck.
    It's however amazing how respectful the media was back then, stopping the cameras out of respect.

  • @Gguy061
    @Gguy061 2 месяца назад +1

    "Came to an agreement with the press" excuse me? That was possible back then?

  • @basketcase6999
    @basketcase6999 4 года назад +3

    I didn’t know he had such a prominent bald spot.

  • @spacewurm
    @spacewurm 4 года назад +18

    "Run Forrest, Run!"

  • @scarybird977
    @scarybird977 5 лет назад +1

    The microphone says “WOR” on it because he’s worried.

  • @samsum3738
    @samsum3738 3 года назад

    Great news reels . First time i see FDR walking and the clip of the camera man being told to desist is pure gold .

  • @davetheknave6482
    @davetheknave6482 4 года назад +41

    Franklin Roosevelt was one of the greatest leaders this country has ever had.

    • @theos77
      @theos77 4 года назад +3

      jewish puppet

    • @taxidriver570
      @taxidriver570 3 года назад

      Franklin delanp roosevelt, please say his name well

  • @scribeofcogrillsmill7957
    @scribeofcogrillsmill7957 5 лет назад +267

    So many people looking back in time and thinking: "Why can we not have these types of presidents today?" The thing is that you will never see men like this again because the modern culture is so different from theirs. Trump is the product of modern culture. Think about the way he behaves and the way he speaks and compare it to the composure and eloquence of FDR, Truman or Eisenhower. If we want this to be the standard then we all have work to do. I am a product of my European culture just like Trump is a product of American modern culture.

    • @gettysburgbuff6320
      @gettysburgbuff6320 5 лет назад +5

      @Thomas Paine I"m shocked that a Bernie supporter like you admire's Jimmy Carter the president who started era of deregulation.

    • @Piyushgathalaiitb
      @Piyushgathalaiitb 5 лет назад +7

      Obama isn't class?

    • @leifc.6045
      @leifc.6045 5 лет назад +3

      C caymer I'd rather take The Great communicator "Ronald Reagan" or JFK.

    • @isorokudono
      @isorokudono 5 лет назад

      Becaue Fascism is dead.

    • @nightprowler6336
      @nightprowler6336 5 лет назад +3

      After Churchill and Hitler, all European leaders became a joke, except for Vladimir Putin, the most powerful man on Earth. If he was in WW2 leader of Russia, he would've fucked Hitler's Nazi ass before he commits suicide and then come back to Russia to spank Stalin's commie ass out.

  • @paul1780
    @paul1780 4 года назад +1

    Have always wondered who is that majestic voice in so many documentaries?

  • @vish2ual
    @vish2ual 3 года назад +1

    He was an inspiration for generations..

  • @frankblangeard8865
    @frankblangeard8865 4 года назад +6

    Rare footage of FDR wearing a pinky ring. 0:05 And check out that wave at 1:31 to 1:34.

  • @milhouse14
    @milhouse14 6 лет назад +5

    Check out the great movie "Warm Springs". It is about Roosevelt's battle with polio. Superb performances too from Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon as Franklin and Eleanor.

    • @Buzzy1960
      @Buzzy1960 6 лет назад

      Psa_53:1  To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

    • @milhouse14
      @milhouse14 6 лет назад

      Buzzy1960 GTFO with your fake news.

    • @sherryhannah9262
      @sherryhannah9262 Год назад

      Milhouse did you see the movie Sunrise at Campobello??????!!!….it the film version of the play about FDR after he first got polio…….. I hope you will reply to this

  • @lastcommodore9651
    @lastcommodore9651 5 лет назад +1

    He also walked when boarding the British battleship Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Charter summit with Churchill.

  • @wibes6043
    @wibes6043 2 года назад +2

    POV: You are here after the Rick and Morty episode