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The plot to overthrow FDR
Title
The plot to overthrow FDR / produced for the History Channel.
Published
New York, NY : A & E Television Network : Distributed by New Video Group, ©1999, ©1996.
Physical Description
1 streaming video (43 min.).
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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.
Variant and related titles
ASP-AVON OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 15, 2019
Series
In search of history
Audience
Grade 7 through adult.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Documentary films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Streaming videos.
Also listed under
Arts and Entertainment Network.
History Channel (Television network)
New Video Group.
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