Personalizing the Past: FDR
Clip: Season 29 | 14s
President Franklin Roosevelt walks down a ramp from his private railroad car ca. 1938.
President Franklin Roosevelt walks down a ramp from his private railroad car ca. 1938.
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Personalizing the Past: FDR
Clip: Season 29 | 14s
President Franklin Roosevelt walks down a ramp from his private railroad car ca. 1938.
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