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Title:The plot to overthrow FDR / produced for the History Channel.
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Published/Created:New York, NY : A & E Television Network : Distributed by New Video Group, ©1999, ©1996.
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Physical Description:1 streaming video (43 min.).
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Links:Streaming video
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Notes:Print version record.
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Summary:When Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the Presidency in 1932, many Americans looked to his bold New Deal plans as the way out of the dark days of the Depression. But a powerful group of financiers and industrialists saw his economic policies as a threat. The Plot to Overthrow FDR reveals how, inspired by political trends in Germany and Italy, this group conceived of a plan to either overthrow the newly-elected president or force him to take orders from them. They envisioned a paramilitary organization of disgruntled WWI veterans as the force to intimidate the government. The man they chose to inspire and lead this veteran's army was retired Marine General Smedley D. Butler, a colorful and outspoken champion of veteran's rights. But Butler was their undoing. After discovering the details of the conspiracy, the horrified general blew the whistle and subjected the outrageous plot to the scrutiny of a Congressional investigation.
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Variant and related titles:ASP-AVON OCLC KB.
- Format:Visual Material
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Series:In search of history
American history in video.
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Audience:Grade 7 through adult.
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Subjects:Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
World War (1939-1945)
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--United States--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States.
New Deal, 1933-1939
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Economics.
Politics and government.
Presidents.
Social conditions.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
United States.
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Genre/Form:Biographies.
Documentary films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Streaming videos.
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Also listed under:Ackroyd, David.
Arts and Entertainment Network.
History Channel (Television network)
New Video Group.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14638892