Family Ties
Description
The last thing that the founding fathers envisioned was a hereditary chief executive. After all, they had fought a war in part to rid themselves of a king. Yet power inevitably passes from generation to generation, and several families have returned to the White House as though born to it. Through interviews, historic archives and footage, this program explores the unique stories of four men, revealing both the blessings and the curses of inherited power. Two of them were ill at ease with their lofty legacies and struggled as president while the remaining two flourished in the exercise of power. Profiled are John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.
Runtime
60 min
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Date of Publication
[2011], c2000
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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