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The lives of Franklin D. Roosevelt and wife Eleanor, from FDR's boyhood and their courtship to his struggle with polio and election to the Presidency in 1932, were traced in the Emmy Award-winning two-part biodrama "Eleanor and Franklin: The Early Years." Jane Alexander and Edward Herrmann star in the title roles, with support from Rosemary Murphy, David Huffman, Ed Flanders, and Pamela Franklin. AKA: "Eleanor and Franklin." And, Herrmann and Alexander reprised their roles as the Roosevelts in "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years," a two-part mini-series that chronicled FDR's 12 years in the Oval Office and the political and personal crises that tested the family. Winner of seven Emmy Awards; with Murphy, Priscilla Pointer, Rosemary Murphy, Blair Brown, Donald Moffat. 6 hrs. total on two discs. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English.