1945 and the Wheelchair President

BBC4 / DRG

David Reynolds re-examines the war leadership of American president Franklin Roosevelt, an enigmatic, secretive man with a complicated love life. This film explores the impact of Roosevelt’s growing frailty on World War Two’s endgame and the tainted peace that followed.

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Roosevelt’s comeback
Professor David Reynolds describes Franklin Roosevelt’s efforts to fight back against his disability from polio, using leg braces to persuade American voters he could walk again.