Name: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
Released: 1996-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

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This film explores the influences of Theodore Roosevelt’s childhood, charts his meteoric rise to the presidency and explores the turbulent years after he left office. The result is an engaging portrait of a skillful politician, rugged outdoorsman, caring father, and fascinating individual.

Documentary · 1996 · 1 hr 48 min

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Examine Roosevelt's life before the presidency and his first term in the White House. After graduation he chose an unusual career: politics. Party operators who resented his reform efforts relegated him to the office of Vice President. But the business interests of the Republican Party were disappointed when the reformer ascended to the White House after McKinley was assassinated.

1 hr 48 min · Oct 6, 1996
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Roosevelt entered his second term in office torn between conservatives and progressives in Congress. He accomplished what he could by stretching the power of the presidency, most notably on conservation. Out of politics, he went to Africa on safari. He returned and ran as the candidate of the newly formed Progressive Party. The bitter split created an easy win for Democratic Woodrow Wilson.

1 hr 46 min · Oct 7, 1996

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