“When Alistair Cooke first arrived in the United States in 1932, he began filming his travels with an 8mm camera. The footage, discovered only after his death, offers a record of the unseen life behind Cooke’s polished words, against a backdrop of an America sparkling with possibilities. The Unseen Alistair Cooke: A Masterpiece Special chronicles Cooke’s decades in America, friendships with Hollywood icons, celebrated journalism career and years as host of Masterpiece Theatre.”

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Source: PBS