Roosevelt departs Warm Springs for the final time 70 years ago this hour (Apr 13 1945)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: 'Funeral Of President Roosevelt (1945)' (Apr. 13, 1945, at 0:34-1:39)

(Friday, April 13, 1945, 10:13 a.m. CWT/11:13 a.m. EWT; during World War II) — A train carrying the body of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for a memorial tomorrow in Washington departed Warm Springs, Georgia, today, one day after the president’s death by a massive cerebral hemorrhage (stroke).


Video: 'FDR: A Presidency Revealed: Part 18' (Apr. 13, 1945, at 9:21)


Video: 'FDR: A Presidency Revealed: Part 19' (Apr. 13, 1945, continued at 0:00)


Video: 'American Experience - FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) - Part 1/2 (PBS Documentary' (Apr. 13, 1945, at 2:13:46)


Video: 'American Experience FDR, Franklin Roosevelt Part 1 2 PBS Documentary' (Apr. 13, 1945, at 1:02)