My father was by definition a quadraplegic due to polio as a toddler. He was the most critical case according to many doctors but he had the advantage of being a child and had parents who did not put limitations in his path. He walked on crutches most of his life even though he had no control over his left arm or either leg. He lived independently till age 40. He graduated from college with honors and worked for a publishing company to support his family. He never accepted charity as a matter of principle.
No man lives without sin...no man. FDR gave the full measure of his devotion to this nation. The war wore on him, the young men of his nation were at war, the greatest war in the history of man. I have no doubt that in fighting polio he learned to lead the nation to victory through trial and tribulation. I also feel that the hand of Gods providence watched and guided him. The right men at the right time in the history of man to fight the greatest evil we had yet faced.
A world leader; the fate of millions in his hand, but couldn't walk down his own street. Damn, but ironic that by losing his personal power, fdr gained greatness.
Eleanor once siad something along the lines of "As America rose, he declined." To do what he did. Bring America out of the worst depression, the worst war in history and leave the US with an economy 2.5X larger than when he took over is nothing short of monumental. He succeeded. He suffered immensely. He knew what would happen if he failed, The world would enter a new dark age. He left this world a much better place. Cometh the hour cometh the man.
FDR, an amazing man , as strong willed man you'd ever find, I'm English and have massive respect for this man. Most people would have shrivelled up & died quietly in a corner, if suffering the way he did everyday. A brilliant man ..
FDR was a beloved president. I recall my parents having lived through the depression, believed FDR was a vision who would help the poor, working class and indeed he did. In 2019 the only man who comes even close to FDR is Bernie Sanders. Like FDR who was a man for and of the people, so is Sanders. The GOP has become a party of corruption, corporate control over the people, and will do and say anything to stop the public from electing Sanders. One problem is the Demoratic Party of 2019 are just as embedded with corporate American they are doing everything possible to hold on to power FOR the corporations, who Sanders and the progressive movement in this country. Trump has turned this country towards fascism...panicking people causing them to fear whether our country will remain democratic or go full own fasicsm the 2020 election outcome will determine the future.
A very well produced documentary with high production value. What really gets me is the underlying score by Rich Farnsworth. It really adds the subtext to Prof. David Reynolds' presentation onscreen. 10/10
Proff in South Africa we will say kudus for such a brilliant well narrated documentary, I have thought I would listen just for few minutes. Only to be hooked
I had a history teacher like David Reynolds, he made every class interesting and always said human feelings and how they affect leaders are at the core of every historical decision.
My dad was Chicago police when he came into Chicago. During the war. He said that there was a freight car full of medical supplies and things Roosevelt needed showing how I'll he was yet he carried on with the burdens the country was under from depression and also ww2 were overwhelming He was a better president than those in better shape. God bless and let him rest in peace he saved our country. In time of horrible trouble
See how President James A. Garfield was treated by the great Dr. Bliss after he was shot. Sure, it was 1881, but compared to Garfield, FDR got world-class, cutting edge medical treatment.
An excellent documentary. I have always had great respect for FDR and ER. Each one made the other's life possible. They complimented and respected each other even though they were emotionally and philosophically opposed. Both were outstandingly strong as they endured pain and suffering of completely different kinds. Viewed for a long time as a lightweight 'playboy' FDR did care deeply about the peace and welfare of the US and the world. Perhaps FDR's only conceptual fault was his, correctly, negative views of old style European imperialism while utterly ignoring US imperialism across the Pacific and South East Asia. He died before his 'war-ending' atomic project. Before his demise he misread Stalin and had no way of knowing that the nuclear bomb would destroy his hopes for a more inclusive, 'softer', version of communism. FDR was up there with Washington and Lincoln. Now, I believe the office and the prestige of POTUS has been so seriously damaged it could be generations before a president of FDR's merit is seen again. Thank you for the video. Cheers, BH.
Bill Halliwell I carry a photo of himself on my wallet at all times. But im not American at all. Im a European who never visited the U.S. Roosevelt’s achievements deserve to be praised, anywhere on the planet.
Roosevelt was so focus on terminating the British empire that he went to irrational lengths to not consider the Soviet Union as an empire. Everyone knew that the USSR was just as bad as the British empire. I don’t if FDR was fooling Churchill or fooling himself! FDR gave Stalin so much leeway, that Stalin annexed sovereign nation after sovereign nation... up to including POLAND... the biggest catalyst of the war. Was FDR naive?! Or was he simply being seduced by Stalin’s fake “charm”? What happened??? Roosevelt could’ve stamped on Stalin, forcing him to be more considerate towards small defenseless nations. If FDR had “tamed” Stalin, maybe we could’ve avoided the entire cold war. Since he didn’t, when Truman came along, he stepped on the Soviets, only too hard and too harshly. No one is perfect. I think that FDR intended to soften Stalin after the end of the war. But sadly, FDR died at the worst possible moment.
My main youtube account is “Leo Arc”. I would love to discuss this topic with you in greater detail. I’ll send you a message from my main account once I get home and can therefore use it.
Having that much anxiety on top of the other health issues , but still showed up to your intense maddeningly high stress job. That’s very admirable and brave .
Thanks for posting this! Excellent documentary! I really enjoy David Kennedy's knowledge and perspective of history. He pulls facts and details together very well and delivers them in significant locations. Other ones he made about WW1, and WWII, including Stalin and Churchill are also very good. Again, thanks!
Very different time.. No matter who was in the white house the office of the Presidency was always to be respected. That is until Richard Nixon f*cked it all up...
history is written by the winners....said Napoleon......FDR actually made thr Great Depression worse than it should have been.by sucking gold out of the U.S. economy !!
I never really knew abt how deep hardship was. I almost cried n I felt what would I do at age 39. I'm 40 n I don't knw what I would have done. But it opened my eyes to finding all this out. I have no excuses for me not being able to do something. I'm so glad to hear this true story...
@@robinmc123 Interstellar I've seen ONCE. Deep Impact I've seen at least a hundred times and I used to play the James Horner soundtrack while driving. I've heard DI music on other PBS docs pretty often, too; maybe his estate donated the rights?
I was seven years old when I heard the news of fdr's death on the radio. After that. They played the song "home on the range," because they said it was fdr's favorite song. It played over and over all day.
Home on the range. Favorite song? Might sound sort of corny. But this country despite being involved in a war must of been a nice place to be When the local Goverment's all the way to the Federal Government. Still had respect for OUR CONSTITUTIONAL BIRTHRIGHT'S.
@@Dodo-ym8cc Not gonna read all your jargon because common sense says that nothing you wrote says a psychopath has the right to kill 50 million innocent people. What side were you on anyway?
@@Dodo-ym8cc Would someone please update this BOTs software? And, maybe even add some be 'key words' to his database? Notice no questions are answered here, only more jargon, right or wrong, is spouted... And it will continue ...
Again , I am extremely grateful for Pro Dave Reynolds for another in depth , unbiased analyst of world history It’s a pity I was never been able to be lectured at a university by him I have downloaded all his utube contributions
My grandfather contracted polio when he was a child and must have been lucky because he only needed a leg brace to keep him walking. It was the polio that kept him from being drafted into ww2 service but he, like all other guys at the time wasn't going to be left out of the war and joined the merchant marines. He was lucky as he saw a few other merchant marine ships get taken out my German uboats, but his ship was unscathed.
I am deeply touched that the BBC of all so carefully and sensitively detailed this portion of american history. I am profoundly grateful. It is a special relationship as well.
Its rather astounding, the airplane was created in the late 19th early 20th century, yet ONLY 20 years later It became weaponised. With great efficiency at that.
He was attacked as a communist sympathizer. Check out what the “America First Committee” & John Birch Society was saying about FDR and American Jews. The John Birch Society was even accusing Eisenhower of being a secret communist.
FDR was branded "a traitor to his class". Despite his wealthy background & position in high society, he fought for the common man. He condemned child labor, monopolies, dangerous working conditions, union busting, & unmitigated greed. Industrial & banking magnates plotted a coup to overthrow his presidency. Read up on "The Business Plot." Their scheme was thwarted & exposed thanks to the patriotism & honor of Marine Major General Smedley Butler, an admirable man in his own right.
this is the most impressive documentary that I have ever seen about modern-day politics and in particular about President FD Roosevelt. The free world owes everything to him
Anno Zijlstra Not everything. He is my favorite president. However, in order to go against the British empire, he was too lenient towards Stalin. As a result, Stalin took full advantage of it and expanded his own, even more brutal empire. This was Roosevelt’s greatest failure: not recognizing the full nature of Stalinism.
RIP Mrs. E.R. You have made America a better place as well, not just through your husband, but in your own right. May your name be an inspiration to marginalized people all over the world.
Every president ages significantly during their time in office. The stress is unimaginable. FDR sacrificed his life, literally, to see out the end of the war.
I disagree, he spent considerable time and effort to not go to war. Lend/lease was a way to fight the war through Britain and the Soviet Union. He only entered into war with Japan when we were attacked and Germany when Hitler declared war on the United States. He was frail and mentally unfit for office by his 4th term and he knew it. He refused to cede power.
Yes, Roosevelt was tuly a great leader & He was very determined to make this country a great country to be proud of & This documentary helps us remember our history to not forget our soldiers & families that have lost ones... God bless America !!!
He was so ill and so brave and courageous led America through the depression and most of ww2. We need leaders like him now. He made wise decisions in a time of great crisis
FDR was going to let Russia take almost half of Japan at the end of the war foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/05/stalin_japan_hiroshima_occupation_hokkaido/ Thankfully FDR died and Truman scraped the deal.
Stunningly beautiful video document in terms of visual quality and robust content. F D R was a leader in every sense of the word, a leader for the ages.
@@dknowles60 So who won the war? What country came out of this stupidity as a superpower? Whose side were you on? Are you another BOT? I'll be glad when BOTS are totally exposed so we can have the option of 'blocking all BOTS' from the web responses.
@@dknowles60 BOT city ... Good night John-Boy. And don't worry about answering any of my questions, your programmer-boy-code-writer, is not capable of writing code that allows you to do anything more than spitting back simple sentences with bad grammar.
That is right, all those years struggling with no legs- it may have helped his attitude toward humility, and helped him focus on ideal of helping those in need, and freedom for the world.
FDR's polio made him human. He discovered empathy and the meaning of the latin phrase "momento mori". This documentarian described FDR with "hubris" late in the film. Nothing could be further from the truth. Roosevelt wanted to pass the Second Bill of Rights. He wanted to make sure the New Deal benefitted the common working people long after his departure. We are now at the threshold of the destruction of what little remains of the New Deal. The GOP and the neoliberal corporate Democrats will cut Social Security.
@@edbenti5007 They cannot cut Social Security without starting another civil war. The color of the senior citizen's skin won't be an issue, because we seniors will ALL stand together on this. But, the ability to feed ourselves and live an independent life safe from poverty will be the issue! Before throwing the seniors of this country under the bus is to be considered, and if the government wants to save money, then the matter of supporting, feeding and medical benefits for the ILLEGAL aliens and Godless foreigners will have to be stopped...completely! How can our government ever consider supporting the lawless and godless, who contributed nothing to social security, before it's citizens? NEVER!
My former father in law, dead now, knew Roosevelt as FDR was an honorary member of every volunteer fire company in the Hudson Valley. My ex FIL was fireman and later chief of Poughkeepsie, New York from 1938 to 1981 and so knew him through that. He never voted for him but did like him personally and he loved FDR's "Fala" speech.
..." I've a terrible headache ".. Was his last words. He was a great man the world has ever seen along with Winston Churchill. His debilitating polio seems to have had no effect on his mind & will.
A phenomenal & truly moving documentary. I highly recommend the book "Franklin & Winston" by noted American historian Jon Meacham. The Audible version is fantastic. The HBO film "Warm Springs" depicts FDR's initial struggle with polio & subsequent therapeutic treatments in Warm Springs, GA. Beautifully acted & shot on location.
nice history video showing how much Mr President was Clever and his attitudes were in correct times for economic & political useful for future of USA before every other considers
Something that always confuses me is the people who decry America for dropping the A-bombs on Japan, the fact is that if America hadn’t dropped them more people on all sides would have died bringing the war to an end than were killed by both bombs. It was a very brave and hard decision, but in the end the right one, and if FDR had still been alive he would have given the order to deploy them.
Dj Phantom ....I agree. If the allies had invaded, Japanese civilians would have died. At least as many by the bombs. However, Truman was the president of the US. His job was to help the American people, not the people that started the war. Only one bomb needed to dropped. The US asked the Japanese to surrender or another bomb would be dropped. They refused. That second bomb was on them. When threatened with a third bomb, they also refused until told the target was Tokyo. Then, they surrendered. Yes, the bomb was awful but so was Dresden, Pearl Harbor, the Blitz etc. It was a terrible war and it had to end. At least the Japanese saved the people of Tokyo (which was the seat of government so the leaders really were just saving themselves). The bomb is complicated and is not just “that was an awful thing to do”. Yes it was but there were only a few options. The bomb would actually cost fewer casualties (on both sides) than an invasion. Those were really the only options. The bomb was designed for Germany but the war ended before it was needed. So, it went to use in the Pacific.
Peter Webb unlikely the US has only a singular reason on how it got out. The New deal was not meant for complete recovery just pragmatic moves keeping the nation from going to flames. On that it succeeded but I argue it setup the nation for success, though later in his presidency FOR abandoned pragmatism in domestic affairs and went full taxocrat for the coming war. Also the post war boom with the New Deal regulations insured the post-war years were the greatest economic era in US history.
buck teeth can be fixed. FDR had both a strong mother and a strong wife to back him, as well as mistresses. As his sons grew into adults, he leaned on them when walking. With venom, he refused secret service protection for President Hoover while taking Hoover’s recovery plans as his own, denied promotion to General “Hap” Arnold and access to the air force program for Charles Lindbergh, yet fell prey to Stalin’s flattery. We won WWII - and he gave it away at Yalta. He took this country into socialism when he started his “social and economic experiments.” The Supreme Court denounced his National Industrial Recovery Act as unconstitutional. Only as he replaced the members of the court was he able to create the huge government we still have today.
There is no denying Pres. & Mrs. Roosevelt were both strong, determined & devoted leaders during a time when these qualities were desperately needed. We can only pray for that kind of leadership in all government offices. However, the only one responsible for FDR's "loneliness" was FDR.
Empires decay from within, to test an empire that can still fight will reinvigorate it. To find it when it is weak, you’ve got a rare and tasty opportunity
omg I'm such an idiot. 1:14 I thought they were driving past the soldiers in the back and that they were on some platform connected to the car, having an introduction with the president as they were driving lol XD
Madam; period protocol; side boards were mounted for the secret service agents to stand, as shields, to protect the Principle. A side note, this protocol was waived which enabled the assassination of Kennedy. Thank-you for the comment. :-)
I'm so happy you couldn't... History to be a subject of studying and "research" - needs time... time of release so called "classified" documents from archhives be longing to the strongest nations, and VICTORIES: - like USA, UK, Germany, Russia, France... and many others... Just wait... if you c an afford it - and this is the most painful History "science" problem... And "They" know it. And "They" hav e enough money to keep their 'juniors' in that very business... After all - it's their 'family business'... It's so sad, we all are contemporary slaves... Even in terms of pure information an d knowledge of facts, being hidden for the next 50-100 yrs... WHY!?
Is there an option to watch with subtitles in english? My father is 87 and would need some help to catch every word, because every word is important! Thank you for uploading, and thanks to youtube for all of us who have no pay-TV!
Even though he was in a wheel chair he accomplished what no other president has so far. and through all this years stills FDR is the most famous president of the USA.
To Francesca Sakellardi, Go settings on RUclips, originally in english. may have to fiddle a bit if you are in a non english speaking country, but should be able to. Only time have not been able to was a few times when a non english movie but a lot are auto generated.
What a beautiful and informative documentary. We need to recover FDR's social values. Even in controversy we have fallen as a people with our present choice POS.
There is no doubting that FDR was the true power in the “big threes “ role as wartime leaders, but I bet if you asked any British person who knows anything about WWII who the best leader was they will undoubtedly say Churchill, as would any American say FDR, but I wonder what a Russian would say, Stalin? In my opinion I think there would be quite a few who wouldn’t, given the way “uncle Joe” purged his military and scientific elite, add in the way the communists, on Stalins orders, just used their military as cannon fodder, I don’t think he is held in any great esteem by today’s average Russian. If anything I think both FDR and Churchill had to be the consummate politicians just to keep Stalin in check. No matter what we all should respect the wartime allied leaders for the statesmanship they showed in keeping the war going in the right direction. In my opinion the only “mistake” FDR made was his handling of the dispute between Churchill and Stalin over the division of Europe after the war, Churchill knew that Stalin, given an inch would take a mile, as was proved in the Cold War years. FDR perhaps gave Stalin to much leeway, but with the stakes so high he did the best he could. Not to be flippant,but America seems to have a bad habit of loosing their best presidents at the wrong time, Lincoln, Kennedy and FDR, it’s a pity the same can’t be said of the bad ones. A really interesting and informative film, thanks for sharing. 👍.
You can't help but compare a great president, who led through the throws of a great depression and a terrible world war, to what we have now... and just die a little inside
Sure I can. One was a socialist who cared about nothing other than keeping power, and our current President like him or not ran only because he believed the country needed leadership. Trump didn’t need to be President, we needed him. But don’t worry snowflakes, we’ll drag you kicking and screaming with us into the record breaking prosperity.
I’m glad I picked this video. Thanks to the commercial I know all I have to is take off my shoes and socks, walk barefoot in some dirt, and I’ll live damn near forever. Plus, all that walking in the dirt will leave me with a pair of black souled trailer park flip flops for free in the deal. Thanks for the tip shyster and shyster!!!
Rosevelt was elected four consecutive times. After him the law changed and permits each USA president to be elected only for two consecutive times. This law was adopted by the Russia too after the fall of Soviet Union. However Putin changed the duration of presidency from four years to six. That it is not rare. France until Sarkozy was electing presidents every seven years. Also the duration of presidency in UK was recently changed from four to five years. The Greek president is elected for five years too but he is powerless in comparison to the Greek prime minister who is elected every four years.
That is what a lot of daughter's do,look after their father's. We Dad's respect,and ❤ our daughter, and they will always be there for us. This was a wonderful story
roysmemorylane The BBC documentary team is awesome! Its choices of soundtrack are spot on. Another great bbc doc is “Entropy: energy” hosted by jim al khalili. Cinematically it is just as great From Reynolds, another great one is “armistice 1918”. Oh, and The Long Shadow 3 part series. Very touching content.
These past 2 weeks I've been obsessively watching ww documentaries, this one is probably one of the best if not the best. Thanks for the upload.
Watch a world at war
I've been on one of those trips for a while now, it's very interesting
Me, too.
I thought you were talking about now.
But you were talking about then.
I'm really liking this because it's something new that I haven't heard 2 or 3 time already like I dint know he even had a daughter tbh
My father was by definition a quadraplegic due to polio as a toddler. He was the most critical case according to many doctors but he had the advantage of being a child and had parents who did not put limitations in his path. He walked on crutches most of his life even though he had no control over his left arm or either leg. He lived independently till age 40. He graduated from college with honors and worked for a publishing company to support his family. He never accepted charity as a matter of principle.
No man lives without sin...no man. FDR gave the full measure of his devotion to this nation. The war wore on him, the young men of his nation were at war, the greatest war in the history of man. I have no doubt that in fighting polio he learned to lead the nation to victory through trial and tribulation. I also feel that the hand of Gods providence watched and guided him. The right men at the right time in the history of man to fight the greatest evil we had yet faced.
Also turned up 3 years late
A world leader; the fate of millions in his hand, but couldn't walk down his own street. Damn, but ironic that by losing his personal power, fdr gained greatness.
Eleanor once siad something along the lines of "As America rose, he declined." To do what he did. Bring America out of the worst depression, the worst war in history and leave the US with an economy 2.5X larger than when he took over is nothing short of monumental. He succeeded. He suffered immensely. He knew what would happen if he failed,
The world would enter a new dark age. He left this world a much better place. Cometh the hour cometh the man.
@I J I'm not but the second world war was by far the worst.
@I J Both wars were horrible. The second world war took killing to industrial levels.
Loved every minute of this feature, the narration, footage and even camera work. Solid documentary through and through
FDR, an amazing man , as strong willed man you'd ever find,
I'm English and have massive respect for this man.
Most people would have shrivelled up & died quietly in a corner, if suffering the way he did everyday.
A brilliant man ..
A really fascinating documentary. Brilliantly researched and presented by Prof Reynolds. I enjoyed every minute.
FDR was a beloved president. I recall my parents having lived through the depression, believed FDR was a vision who would help the poor, working class and indeed he did. In 2019 the only man who comes even close to FDR is Bernie Sanders. Like FDR who was a man for and of the people, so is Sanders. The GOP has become a party of corruption, corporate control over the people, and will do and say anything to stop the public from electing Sanders. One problem is the Demoratic Party of 2019 are just as embedded with corporate American they are doing everything possible to hold on to power FOR the corporations, who Sanders and the progressive movement in this country. Trump has turned this country towards fascism...panicking people causing them to fear whether our country will remain democratic or go full own fasicsm the 2020 election outcome will determine the future.
What a great documentary!!! An informative and eye opening one. Thank you Videosculptor.
Thank you very much for posting this. David Reynold's documentaries are excellent!
A very well produced documentary with high production value. What really gets me is the underlying score by Rich Farnsworth. It really adds the subtext to Prof. David Reynolds' presentation onscreen. 10/10
Proff in South Africa we will say kudus for such a brilliant well narrated documentary, I have thought I would listen just for few minutes. Only to be hooked
I always enjoy David Reynolds shows. Thank you very much for posting this.
Its not a show! 😡Its a history lesson! 🙂
@@vacomments It's both, you simpleton.
Indeed, he is one of the best ones.
Reynolds is informative, but a little cheesily dramatic - no?
@@gtimny No
I had a history teacher like David Reynolds, he made every class interesting and always said human feelings and how they affect leaders are at the core of every historical decision.
My dad was Chicago police when he came into Chicago. During the war. He said that there was a freight car full of medical supplies and things Roosevelt needed showing how I'll he was yet he carried on with the burdens the country was under from depression and also ww2 were overwhelming He was a better president than those in better shape. God bless and let him rest in peace he saved our country. In time of horrible trouble
As a medical professional it makes me sick the way he was treated
As a medic myself I thought diuretics might have been available then , obviously not .
See how President James A. Garfield was treated by the great Dr. Bliss after he was shot. Sure, it was 1881, but compared to Garfield, FDR got world-class, cutting edge medical treatment.
Thank you BBC and Mr Reynolds , a marvellous documentary and very moving .
Not even an American, but his story and this doc always managed to inspire me
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The BBC usually do very good documenteries.
An excellent documentary. I have always had great respect for FDR and ER. Each one made the other's life possible. They complimented and respected each other even though they were emotionally and philosophically opposed. Both were outstandingly strong as they endured pain and suffering of completely different kinds. Viewed for a long time as a lightweight 'playboy' FDR did care deeply about the peace and welfare of the US and the world. Perhaps FDR's only conceptual fault was his, correctly, negative views of old style European imperialism while utterly ignoring US imperialism across the Pacific and South East Asia. He died before his 'war-ending' atomic project. Before his demise he misread Stalin and had no way of knowing that the nuclear bomb would destroy his hopes for a more inclusive, 'softer', version of communism.
FDR was up there with Washington and Lincoln. Now, I believe the office and the prestige of POTUS has been so seriously damaged it could be generations before a president of FDR's merit is seen again. Thank you for the video. Cheers, BH.
Bill Halliwell I carry a photo of himself on my wallet at all times.
But im not American at all. Im a European who never visited the U.S. Roosevelt’s achievements deserve to be praised, anywhere on the planet.
Roosevelt was so focus on terminating the British empire that he went to irrational lengths to not consider the Soviet Union as an empire.
Everyone knew that the USSR was just as bad as the British empire. I don’t if FDR was fooling Churchill or fooling himself!
FDR gave Stalin so much leeway, that Stalin annexed sovereign nation after sovereign nation... up to including POLAND... the biggest catalyst of the war.
Was FDR naive?! Or was he simply being seduced by Stalin’s fake “charm”?
What happened??? Roosevelt could’ve stamped on Stalin, forcing him to be more considerate towards small defenseless nations.
If FDR had “tamed” Stalin, maybe we could’ve avoided the entire cold war.
Since he didn’t, when Truman came along, he stepped on the Soviets, only too hard and too harshly.
No one is perfect. I think that FDR intended to soften Stalin after the end of the war. But sadly, FDR died at the worst possible moment.
My main youtube account is “Leo Arc”. I would love to discuss this topic with you in greater detail. I’ll send you a message from my main account once I get home and can therefore use it.
BillH, yes, FDR is one of top 3 presidents of all time for sure.
He was an ailing commie.
Having that much anxiety on top of the other health issues , but still showed up to your intense maddeningly high stress job. That’s very admirable and brave .
Thankful for those you posted this magnificent piece of work. A++
Thanks for posting this! Excellent documentary! I really enjoy David Kennedy's knowledge and perspective of history. He pulls facts and details together very well and delivers them in significant locations. Other ones he made about WW1, and WWII, including Stalin and Churchill are also very good. Again, thanks!
Jane MARTELL who is this guy your talking about
Who the hell is david kennedy?
DAVID REYNOLDS
Amazing the "Gentleman Press" didn't out him. A different time indeed
Very different time.. No matter who was in the white house the office of the Presidency was always to be respected. That is until Richard Nixon f*cked it all up...
Back then, the press had class.
A different president.
He must have had immense inner power to have been able to make it through three presidencies in that condition.
amazing man
It was a different time back then. America needed Roosevelt. Without FDR, American could’ve ended up in a revolution due to the market crash.
FDR was the closest thing to a superhuman being we ever had in the White House.
Again , Professor David Reynolds brings us another completely vivid picture of history
All he did was bad mouth and be little him ......
history is written by the winners....said Napoleon......FDR actually made thr Great Depression worse than it should have been.by sucking gold out of the U.S. economy !!
@@maxprescott9371 Bullshit! When president 1933 depression was allmost over.
@@xylfox No BS !! There were actually 2 stock market crashes , 1929 and 1936 of which ' 36 FDR was directly responsible !!!
I never really knew abt how deep hardship was. I almost cried n I felt what would I do at age 39. I'm 40 n I don't knw what I would have done. But it opened my eyes to finding all this out. I have no excuses for me not being able to do something. I'm so glad to hear this true story...
A lot of the music from this video is from James Horner's soundtrack for *Deep Impact*.
Also Hans Zimmer interstellar.
@@robinmc123 Interstellar I've seen ONCE. Deep Impact I've seen at least a hundred times and I used to play the James Horner soundtrack while driving. I've heard DI music on other PBS docs pretty often, too; maybe his estate donated the rights?
@@oldgringo2001 This information on Roosevelt is incredible. Excellent Documentary
I was seven years old when I heard the news of fdr's death on the radio. After that. They played the song "home on the range," because they said it was fdr's favorite song. It played over and over all day.
dian kreczmer In my opinion, the best president the U.S. ever had. Certainly the best since WWII
Home on the range. Favorite song? Might sound sort of corny. But this country despite being involved in a war must of been a nice place to be
When the local Goverment's all the way to the Federal Government. Still had respect for OUR CONSTITUTIONAL BIRTHRIGHT'S.
@@Dodo-ym8cc Not gonna read all your jargon because common sense says that nothing you wrote says a psychopath has the right to kill 50 million innocent people. What side were you on anyway?
@@Dodo-ym8cc Would someone please update this BOTs software? And, maybe even add some be 'key words' to his database? Notice no questions are answered here, only more jargon, right or wrong, is spouted... And it will continue ...
@@Dodo-ym8cc where do you live?
Again , I am extremely grateful for Pro Dave Reynolds for another in depth , unbiased analyst of world history
It’s a pity I was never been able to be lectured at a university by him
I have downloaded all his utube contributions
"Performing the power of vulnerability " such eloquence such intellectual mastery in this production.
double speech of 1984
I was hooked within the first ten seconds of this story.
My grandfather contracted polio when he was a child and must have been lucky because he only needed a leg brace to keep him walking. It was the polio that kept him from being drafted into ww2 service but he, like all other guys at the time wasn't going to be left out of the war and joined the merchant marines. He was lucky as he saw a few other merchant marine ships get taken out my German uboats, but his ship was unscathed.
Your grandfather is a brave man. Both he and FDR put their lives (with FDR's health ultimately failing him) on the line to see America through WW2.
I am deeply touched that the BBC of all so carefully and sensitively detailed this portion of american history. I am profoundly grateful. It is a special relationship as well.
But FDR was a commie
Its rather astounding, the airplane was created in the late 19th early 20th century, yet ONLY 20 years later It became weaponised. With great efficiency at that.
My God...how far we've fallen.
I couldn't of said it any better! Wise comment for u!
Right lol, there is turd in this comment section calling FDR a commie smh 🤦♂️ 😂
I which I could have taken one of Professor David Reynolds class'es he is absolutely a brillant narrarator!!
His wife sounded English and the pair of them would've been branded as socialist by many of today's american voters!
He was attacked as a communist sympathizer. Check out what the “America First Committee” & John Birch Society was saying about FDR and American Jews. The John Birch Society was even accusing Eisenhower of being a secret communist.
FDR was branded "a traitor to his class". Despite his wealthy background & position in high society, he fought for the common man. He condemned child labor, monopolies, dangerous working conditions, union busting, & unmitigated greed.
Industrial & banking magnates plotted a coup to overthrow his presidency. Read up on "The Business Plot." Their scheme was thwarted & exposed thanks to the patriotism & honor of Marine Major General Smedley Butler, an admirable man in his own right.
this is the most impressive documentary that I have ever seen about modern-day politics and in particular about President FD Roosevelt. The free world owes everything to him
Anno Zijlstra Not everything. He is my favorite president. However, in order to go against the British empire, he was too lenient towards Stalin. As a result, Stalin took full advantage of it and expanded his own, even more brutal empire.
This was Roosevelt’s greatest failure: not recognizing the full nature of Stalinism.
@@vacomments True!
500 commie agents inserted into the US gov't !!!! A- bomb sent to Russia....... Code books returned to Gro9myko
FDR is responsible for the death of the free world
His English, narration, accent wow what a story well presented.
RIP Mrs. E.R. You have made America a better place as well, not just through your husband, but in your own right. May your name be an inspiration to marginalized people all over the world.
Every president ages significantly during their time in office. The stress is unimaginable. FDR sacrificed his life, literally, to see out the end of the war.
A truly great man
I disagree, he spent considerable time and effort to not go to war. Lend/lease was a way to fight the war through Britain and the Soviet Union. He only entered into war with Japan when we were attacked and Germany when Hitler declared war on the United States. He was frail and mentally unfit for office by his 4th term and he knew it. He refused to cede power.
@@BamaPewPew That's because the American people didn't want to go to war, he couldn't get too far ahead of them. A truly great man
M P wow how brave. Having the guts to do what you know is right only when the majority backs you. What strong moral character 🙄
@@BamaPewPew Dude, read some history, didn't realize that you are a troll
Simply a masterpiece of a documentary.
BBC documentaries are in a league of their own
mrloop PBS makes great docs too
@@christiansoldier77 Thanks, I will check it out
I am from africa,I have seen many documentaries but this one, wow some ppl know how to present story connecting with facts and location.
In case anyone is wondering, some of the score of this documentary is actually from the film Interstellar. It's quite good.
When they chose to use Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar soundtrack in the first few minutes, I knew I’d be watching this whole dang thing.
dung
At 1:10:45, one of the most famous footage of Stalingrad is also most puzzling :
children dancing around crocodiles !
Really enjoyed watching this documentary
Yes, Roosevelt was tuly a great leader & He was very determined to make this country a great country to be proud of & This documentary helps us remember our history to not forget our soldiers & families that have lost ones... God bless America !!!
ok dumbass stop doing the adding comment thing to get ups on youtube.
it was already a great country. he wreaked it.
You don't have to be so rude !!!
@@sarahsparkman5153 yes lets just be nice so you can feel good. Don't you have a vibrator for that. use it then get back to the real world.
Some of the back ground music was from the movie Interstellar!
He was so ill and so brave and courageous led America through the depression and most of ww2. We need leaders like him now. He made wise decisions in a time of great crisis
FDR was going to let Russia take almost half of Japan at the end of the war foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/05/stalin_japan_hiroshima_occupation_hokkaido/
Thankfully FDR died and Truman scraped the deal.
One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. 👍👍👍👍👍
interstellar vibes with the soundtrack that starts at 13:50
A very good documentary by Prof David Raynold, a good storyteller.
Stunningly beautiful video document in terms of visual quality and robust content. F D R was a leader in every sense of the word, a leader for the ages.
He set the world we live in today! What a great man!
No he was not
@@dknowles60 So who won the war? What country came out of this stupidity as a superpower? Whose side were you on? Are you another BOT? I'll be glad when BOTS are totally exposed so we can have the option of 'blocking all BOTS' from the web responses.
@@250txc don't start with me I faught in ww2. What did you do
@@dknowles60 BOT city ... Good night John-Boy. And don't worry about answering any of my questions, your programmer-boy-code-writer, is not capable of writing code that allows you to do anything more than spitting back simple sentences with bad grammar.
Excellent documentary!
Roosevelt would have not been a great president without Eleanor period
Roosevelt gave the last full measure of devotion to his nation.
That is right, all those years struggling with no legs- it may have helped his attitude toward humility, and helped him focus on ideal of helping those in need, and freedom for the world.
FDR's polio made him human. He discovered empathy and the meaning of the latin phrase "momento mori". This documentarian described FDR with "hubris" late in the film. Nothing could be further from the truth. Roosevelt wanted to pass the Second Bill of Rights. He wanted to make sure the New Deal benefitted the common working people long after his departure. We are now at the threshold of the destruction of what little remains of the New Deal. The GOP and the neoliberal corporate Democrats will cut Social Security.
@@edbenti5007 They cannot cut Social Security without starting another civil war. The color of the senior citizen's skin won't be an issue, because we seniors will ALL stand together on this. But, the ability to feed ourselves and live an independent life safe from poverty will be the issue! Before throwing the seniors of this country under the bus is to be considered, and if the government wants to save money, then the matter of supporting, feeding and medical benefits for the ILLEGAL aliens and Godless foreigners will have to be stopped...completely! How can our government ever consider supporting the lawless and godless, who contributed nothing to social security, before it's citizens? NEVER!
Tried to make it commie.
To communism .....
I love the interstellar music. Fits perfectly.
My former father in law, dead now, knew Roosevelt as FDR was an honorary member of every volunteer fire company in the Hudson Valley. My ex FIL was fireman and later chief of Poughkeepsie, New York from 1938 to 1981 and so knew him through that. He never voted for him but did like him personally and he loved FDR's "Fala" speech.
Poughkeepsie is beautiful, i helped do the floors in the galleria.
David Reynolds is amazing storyteller thank you
Does Reynolds have some Documentary about the Yugoslavia?
do you have the internet?
..." I've a terrible headache ".. Was his last words.
He was a great man the world has ever seen along with Winston Churchill.
His debilitating polio seems to have had no effect on his mind & will.
I agree including our own Nelson Mandela
Should have flown 48 star flags in the flash back footage.
Cleaver catch, Lewis
@@thomascolvin8832 and clever
Anyone know the tune at 1:26:20? ‘Poor E.R’
I believe that there are some private photos of FDR showing his "handicap" that were taken by a reporter.
That opening was fucking savage
As i watched Dr Reynolds walk down the driveway at Hyde Park I was deeply touched.
A phenomenal & truly moving documentary. I highly recommend the book "Franklin & Winston" by noted American historian Jon Meacham. The Audible version is fantastic.
The HBO film "Warm Springs" depicts FDR's initial struggle with polio & subsequent therapeutic treatments in Warm Springs, GA. Beautifully acted & shot on location.
What a magnificent story...the genius of the narrator is as great as the subject himself
why is this same documentary posted under so many different names?
Professor David Reynolds ... thank you
My grandfather worked for the WPA and my uncle worked for the CCC. If not for those programs that FDR implemented my mother might have starved
Loved this documentary on FDR 👍
At 26:17 does anybody know what speech of FDR this is from?
nice history video showing how much Mr President was Clever and his attitudes were in correct times for economic & political useful for future of USA before every other considers
Something that always confuses me is the people who decry America for dropping the A-bombs on Japan, the fact is that if America hadn’t dropped them more people on all sides would have died bringing the war to an end than were killed by both bombs. It was a very brave and hard decision, but in the end the right one, and if FDR had still been alive he would have given the order to deploy them.
Dj Phantom ....I agree. If the allies had invaded, Japanese civilians would have died. At least as many by the bombs. However, Truman was the president of the US. His job was to help the American people, not the people that started the war. Only one bomb needed to dropped. The US asked the Japanese to surrender or another bomb would be dropped. They refused. That second bomb was on them. When threatened with a third bomb, they also refused until told the target was Tokyo. Then, they surrendered.
Yes, the bomb was awful but so was Dresden, Pearl Harbor, the Blitz etc. It was a terrible war and it had to end. At least the Japanese saved the people of Tokyo (which was the seat of government so the leaders really were just saving themselves). The bomb is complicated and is not just “that was an awful thing to do”. Yes it was but there were only a few options. The bomb would actually cost fewer casualties (on both sides) than an invasion. Those were really the only options. The bomb was designed for Germany but the war ended before it was needed. So, it went to use in the Pacific.
First of all, FDR didn't drag us out of the Great Depression. WW2 did that! Still a very good documentary.
Peter Webb unlikely the US has only a singular reason on how it got out. The New deal was not meant for complete recovery just pragmatic moves keeping the nation from going to flames. On that it succeeded but I argue it setup the nation for success, though later in his presidency FOR abandoned pragmatism in domestic affairs and went full taxocrat for the coming war. Also the post war boom with the New Deal regulations insured the post-war years were the greatest economic era in US history.
What an ignorant you are pinche pendejo..
That is true. War time military equipment and weaponry jump started our economy after almost 12 years.
FDR prolonged it.
Great documentary ! Three cheers ! My god ! Eleanor was beaten with an ugly stick. She is truly painful upon which to gaze.
buck teeth can be fixed. FDR had both a strong mother and a strong wife to back him, as well as mistresses. As his sons grew into adults, he leaned on them when walking.
With venom, he refused secret service protection for President Hoover while taking Hoover’s recovery plans as his own, denied promotion to General “Hap” Arnold and access to the air force program for Charles Lindbergh, yet fell prey to Stalin’s flattery. We won WWII - and he gave it away at Yalta.
He took this country into socialism when he started his “social and economic experiments.” The Supreme Court denounced his National Industrial Recovery Act as unconstitutional.
Only as he replaced the members of the court was he able to create the huge government we still have today.
There is no denying Pres. & Mrs. Roosevelt were both strong, determined & devoted leaders during a time when these qualities were desperately needed. We can only pray for that kind of leadership in all government offices. However, the only one responsible for FDR's "loneliness" was FDR.
Empires decay from within, to test an empire that can still fight will reinvigorate it. To find it when it is weak, you’ve got a rare and tasty opportunity
I keep a list of my favorite books and historical documentaries. David Reynolds is now at the top of my list.
Mel C what do we know about Reinolds? Is he a historian?
do you have the internet?
Quite good, alright, tho I never heard of him before. Hard to hear his words at time, but he has good judgements on the big issues
A better choice would be David McCullough. His books are so well researched.
Damn he really had to do my man FDR like that in the beginning. Weird flex but okay
omg I'm such an idiot.
1:14 I thought they were driving past the soldiers in the back and that they were on some platform connected to the car, having an introduction with the president as they were driving lol XD
Madam; period protocol; side boards were mounted for the secret service agents to stand, as shields, to protect the Principle. A side note, this protocol was waived which enabled the assassination of Kennedy. Thank-you for the comment. :-)
If I could, I would give this video 100 thumbs up! Thanks for posting!!!
I'm so happy you couldn't... History to be a subject of studying and "research" - needs time... time of release so called "classified" documents from archhives be longing to the strongest nations, and VICTORIES: - like USA, UK, Germany, Russia, France... and many others... Just wait... if you c an afford it - and this is the most painful History "science" problem... And "They" know it. And "They" hav e enough money to keep their 'juniors' in that very business... After all - it's their 'family business'...
It's so sad, we all are contemporary slaves... Even in terms of pure information an d knowledge of facts, being hidden for the next 50-100 yrs... WHY!?
Is there an option to watch with subtitles in english? My father is 87 and would need some help to catch every word, because every word is important! Thank you for uploading, and thanks to youtube for all of us who have no pay-TV!
Even though he was in a wheel chair he accomplished what no other president has so far. and through all this years stills FDR is the most famous president of the USA.
To Francesca Sakellardi, Go settings on RUclips, originally in english.
may have to fiddle a bit if you are in a non english speaking country, but should be able to.
Only time have not been able to was a few times when a non english movie but a lot are auto generated.
Attempting a truthful portrayal with a somewhat rose glass view.
LMFAOOOOOOO WHAT A SAVAGE INTRO!!! "I just stood up... FDR could never"
I thought the same exact thing
What a beautiful and informative documentary. We need to recover FDR's social values. Even in controversy we have fallen as a people with our present choice POS.
Excellent... Watched both episodes on Netflix.
The casting in this historical fiction is really impressive. Both De Gaulle and Churchill are totally convincing.
What do you mean fiction,,,. Everything in this documentary, is true. Fool !
There is no doubting that FDR was the true power in the “big threes “ role as wartime leaders, but I bet if you asked any British person who knows anything about WWII who the best leader was they will undoubtedly say Churchill, as would any American say FDR, but I wonder what a Russian would say, Stalin? In my opinion I think there would be quite a few who wouldn’t, given the way “uncle Joe” purged his military and scientific elite, add in the way the communists, on Stalins orders, just used their military as cannon fodder, I don’t think he is held in any great esteem by today’s average Russian. If anything I think both FDR and Churchill had to be the consummate politicians just to keep Stalin in check. No matter what we all should respect the wartime allied leaders for the statesmanship they showed in keeping the war going in the right direction. In my opinion the only “mistake” FDR made was his handling of the dispute between Churchill and Stalin over the division of Europe after the war, Churchill knew that Stalin, given an inch would take a mile, as was proved in the Cold War years. FDR perhaps gave Stalin to much leeway, but with the stakes so high he did the best he could. Not to be flippant,but America seems to have a bad habit of loosing their best presidents at the wrong time, Lincoln, Kennedy and FDR, it’s a pity the same can’t be said of the bad ones.
A really interesting and informative film, thanks for sharing. 👍.
He was a weakling
@@spudwesth Fuck off!! As a Brit President Roosevelt was miles above Churchill
You can't help but compare a great president, who led through the throws of a great depression and a terrible world war, to what we have now... and just die a little inside
"a little"? A lot!
Sure I can. One was a socialist who cared about nothing other than keeping power, and our current President like him or not ran only because he believed the country needed leadership. Trump didn’t need to be President, we needed him. But don’t worry snowflakes, we’ll drag you kicking and screaming with us into the record breaking prosperity.
We will make it, by combining the idealsm of the left with the practicality of the right
@@BamaPewPew GUFFAW...
I’ve watched this hundreds of times over the years. Reynolds is the goat.
This is literally the music from interstellar lol
It was like a sore thumb. I was like...Whaaaaa
Ace Newland ikr? it was surreal
Whats the problem with that? 😕It gives a good vibe to the voice over.
I’m glad I picked this video. Thanks to the commercial I know all I have to is take off my shoes and socks, walk barefoot in some dirt, and I’ll live damn near forever. Plus, all that walking in the dirt will leave me with a pair of black souled trailer park flip flops for free in the deal. Thanks for the tip shyster and shyster!!!
You do realize we don't all see the same ads, don't you?
What was FDRs nickname around 1:10?
Hollowed out by what? at 52m?
Kevin Deal Secret paraplegic 1:10
Hallowed out by loneliness 52:12
FDR traveled around the world and help create the largely peaceful existence I enjoy today, but he could not walk down his own driveway.
Rosevelt was elected four consecutive times. After him the law changed and permits each USA president to be elected only for two consecutive times. This law was adopted by the Russia too after the fall of Soviet Union. However Putin changed the duration of presidency from four years to six. That it is not rare. France until Sarkozy was electing presidents every seven years. Also the duration of presidency in UK was recently changed from four to five years. The Greek president is elected for five years too but he is powerless in comparison to the Greek prime minister who is elected every four years.
I think Putin will break Stalin's record in office.
John Smith I hope so. He has given respect and stability to his country. During Yeltsin Russia was a clown.
China just changed their guy to no elections in for LIFE.
Achilleas Labrou ...The UK has always been a maximum of 5 years, but more often they call an election after 4 years or less.
Umm the UK doesn’t have a president.......
Why would this documentary show a video clip of a helicopter that did not come into existence until the late 1980's early 1990's?
Music from movie interstelar
That is what a lot of daughter's do,look after their father's. We Dad's respect,and ❤ our daughter, and they will always be there for us. This was a wonderful story
David Reynolds is AWESOME!!!!!!!
roysmemorylane The BBC documentary team is awesome! Its choices of soundtrack are spot on.
Another great bbc doc is “Entropy: energy” hosted by jim al khalili. Cinematically it is just as great
From Reynolds, another great one is “armistice 1918”. Oh, and The Long Shadow 3 part series. Very touching content.
David Reynolds...[Shakespearean].