The Franklin D. Roosevelt 

Presidential Library and Museum presents

a film screening of the 

1961 Academy Award-winning film

THE GUNS OF NAVARONE

Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

Henry A. Wallace Center at the

FDR Presidential Library and Home

Visit www.fdrlibrary.org or

CLICK HERE to register

HYDE PARK, NY - The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host a film screening of the  1961 Academy Award-winning film THE GUNS OF NAVARONE on Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. The program will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. 

This is a free public event but registration is required. 

Visit www.fdrlibrary.org or  CLICK HERE to register.

Synopsis:

Academy Award-winners Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives.

Adapted by screenwriter Carl Foreman from Alistair MacLean's best-selling novel,  THE GUNS OF NAVARONE was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and won for Best Special Effects (1961).

Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit  www.fdrlibrary.org .