Looks at the decade that brought Americans Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his New Deal, the Lindbergh kidnapping, John L. Lewis, miniature golf, and feature-length Disney animated films.

The election of 1932 -- Getting to know Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The coming of the New Deal -- FDR and the New Deal are assailed -- Seven newsmakers -- Rendezvous with destiny -- Prohibition and gangsters -- Women face the Great Depression -- Literature -- Popular music and art -- Radio -- Recreation during depression days -- From Shirley Temple to Frankenstein -- Plays -- Sports -- The gathering war clouds.