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Campobello : FDR's Beloved Island

Accession number: 
1965.0063

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Production Years: 
1965
Release Year: 
  • 09/04/1965 (CBC broadcast)

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  • English
Film Properties: 
  • 16mm
  • Black and White
  • Sound
Length (feet): 
950 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
27

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Library and Archives Canada: 16mm.
"Through the use of photographs, archival footage and personal recollections by Franklin D. Roosevelt Junior, Telescope revisits the former President's summer retreat on Campobello Island, New Brunswick. Included are Franklin Roosevelt Jr.'s memories of learning to sail at the summer home, the day Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with polio, and his subsequent return to the island."