A 13-part history of the United States written, narrated by Alistair Cooke 6: Gone West
From a cave in Kentucky once occupied by Daniel Boone to the California of the Gold Rush; ALISTAIR COOKE follows the route of the early pioneers.
When Cooke's talking about the wagon-ruts of the forty-niners, he's standing beside them. Whatever he talks about, he's on the spot. It seems so natural only because Cooke has complete mental possession of the visited territory. (OBSERVER)
Directed by TIM SLESSOR
Produced by MICHAEL GILL