Eleanor and Franklin part 2: The White House and War Years (1977 miniseries)

This is the sequel to 1976’s “Eleanor and Franklin.“ Originally airing on March 13, 1977, it was based on Joseph P. Lash’s Pulitzer prize-winning biography chronicling the lives of the 32nd U.S. President and the First Lady. Joseph Lash was a secretary and confidant of Eleanor and wrote other books on the couple. FDR was elected four times, dying three months into his fourth term. This film (following a flashback to Franklin and Eleanor visiting her uncle, president Teddy Roosevelt) covers his first inauguration in 1933 to Eleanor laying the flowers on his casket in 1945. Seven members of the original cast returned for the sequel, including the two main characters portrayed by Jane Alexander and Edward Herrmann. It won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special of the Year.