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The first Air Force One had a custom-built elevator for FDR's wheelchair

The Douglas VC-54C Skymaster, nicknamed the "Sacred Cow," was the first airplane built for a U.S. president. Before this, presidents either avoided international travel or used commercial planes, as ...
KSL

Professor finds rare footage of FDR in wheelchair

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SFGate

This is the video of FDR in a wheelchair that's getting attention today (WATCH)

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Las Vegas Review-Journal

Indianapolis prof: Film shows FDR in concealed wheelchair

INDIANAPOLIS — A professor at an Indiana college says he has found film footage showing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt being pushed in his wheelchair, depicting a secret that was hidden from the ...
Time

FDR in a Wheelchair

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The Arts Desk

World War Two: 1945 and the Wheelchair President, BBC Four

The underlying motif was the personality, in terms of physical health and psychological complexity, of that skilled and idealistic politician, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). FDR was elected ...