A documentary on the life and times of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Part one covers Roosevelt's early years and early political successes, his bout with polio at age 39, and ends with his election as president. Part two explores FDR's response to the Great Depression, and his leadership of the American people during World War II until his death in 1945.

Originally broadcast in 1994 as part of the television series The American experience. Based on: Before the trumpet / Geoffrey C. Ward, A first class temperament / Geofrey C. Ward and No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in WWII / Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Pt. 1. The center of the world ; Fear itself -- Pt. 2. The grandest job in the world ; The juggler.