FDR, EPISODE 3: SO MUCH TO FEAR (TV)
Summary
Episode 3 of this 26 episode documentary series on the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Highlights of this program include the following: James A. Farley discusses qualifications for presidential candidates; Bonus Army marches on Washington; President Herbert Hoover at home, fishing, and on horseback; FDR swimming and with John Nance Garner; FDR campaigning; October 1932, Hoover makes his first campaign speech in Iowa; FDR and Hoover campaigning; Norman Thomas, the socialist candidate, presents his party's platform; prohibitionists with diatribe against alcohol; FDR on the repeal of the Volstead Act; Will Rogers jokes with FDR; montage of photos by the photographers of the Farm Security Administration; Americans give their opinions on the candidates; November 8, 1932, Election Day, among voters are Al Smith, Coolidge, Hoover, and FDR; J. Raymond Jones, N.Y. Democratic leader, says that prior to 1932, Harlem voted Republican; Times Square crowds watch election bulletins, and Mrs. FDR in voice over recalls FDR's reaction to election; Rep. James Roosevelt (D-CA) on FDR's reaction; February 15, 1933, at Bay Front Park, Miami, FL, FDR is shot at, and Mayor Anton Cermak (D-Chicago) is killed; eyewitnesses describe shooting; Assassin Giuseppe Zangara is interviewed, and Mrs. FDR in voice-over discusses assassination attempts; and on March 2, 1933, FDR leaves N.Y. for Washington. Includes promos for "ABC's Wide World of Sports" and "12 O'clock High."
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 29, 1965 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:27:34
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T84:0062
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: U S - Presidency; Assassination attempts; Biography; U S - Elections - 1932; Depressions (Economic) - 1932; Prohibition; Socialist Party; U S - Economic Conditions
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1965
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Promo - ABC's Wide World of Sports
- TV - Promo - Twelve O'clock High
CREDITS
- Sextant Inc. … Production Statement
- Robert D. Graff … Executive Producer
- Ben Feiner … Producer
- Robert Emmett Ginna … Associate Producer
- A. J. Russell … Writer
- Alex North … Music by
- David Tamkin … Music (Misc. Credits), Orchestrations
- Samuel Matlowsky … Music (Misc. Credits), Orchestrations
- Eleanor Roosevelt … Consultant
- Arthur Kennedy … Narrator
- Charlton Heston … Reads the words of FDR, Voice
- Anton Cermak
- Calvin Coolidge
- James A. Farley
- John Nance Garner
- Herbert Hoover
- J. Raymond Jones
- Will Rogers
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- James Roosevelt
- Al Smith
- Norman Thomas
- Giuseppe Zangara