[Two great Americans--FDR & JFK] [motion picture] / Robert Chatterton. [between 1967 and 1981]

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[Two great Americans--FDR & JFK] [motion picture] / Robert Chatterton. [between 1967 and 1981]

Two biographical films that were spliced together as part of Robert Chatterton's "Film Chat" series. The first biography uses a newsreel style to tell the story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's career. The second biography covers the political career of John F. Kennedy.

1 film reel of 1 (1,187 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm. arch pos.

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...