The Presidents (film)

The Presidents: The Lives and Legacies of the 43 Leaders of the United States
Genre Documentary
Written by Rhys Thomas
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 9
Production
Producer(s) Craig Haffner, Donna E. Lusitana, Susan Werbe, Rhys Thomas
Running time 45 minutes (each)
Release
Original network History channel
Picture format DVD, Wide-screen, NTSC
Original release January 18, 2005 – March 8, 2005
External links
Website

The Presidents: The Lives and Legacies of the 43 Leaders of the United States is a 3 DVD set documentary published in 2005, published by the History channel.

Description

As the title suggests, the documentary presents a snapshot of life from the White House since independence of the United States. The Documentary is based on the book "To the Best of My Ability: The American Presidents" by James M. McPherson. Each DVD has three episodes. The documentary introduces each president with a bulletin card about his personality, and then proceeds to discuss political situation at the time, the turmoil and changes until the president's departure from office. The documentary details interesting stories like Jefferson's acquisition of Louisiana, Battle of the Petticoats, machinations of Rutherford Hayes, Civil War, Reagan's Revolution and many others.

DVD 1

DVD 2

DVD 3

Re-aired, the final program includes the first term of Barack Obama, however, Edward Herrmann does not return as the narrator.

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