World Without Walls: Beryl Markham's African Memoir

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Program
World Without Walls: Beryl Markham's African Memoir
Producing Organization
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Contributing Organization
KQED (San Francisco, California)
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-55-03cz9p0b
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Description
Program Description
"Beryl Markham described her African home as a 'world with out walls,' and she lived an adventurous life which recognized no boundaries. She hunted barefoot with African friends while growing up in Kenya, she made the first west-bound solo flight across the Atlantic, married 3 times and had a fling with royalty, became a great horse trainer and wrote a critically praised memoir. "She died on August 4 in Nairobi, at the age of 83, after enjoying a last burst of fame following the republication of her book, 'West with the Night.' Ernest Hemingway, who had met Markham in Kenya, said her book made him 'ashamed of myself as a writer. I felt that I was simply a carpenter with words,' he said, 'but this girl can write rings around us who consider ourselves as writers.' "Markham made her Atlantic crossing in September, 1936 with just enough fuel to buck strong headwinds and make a crash landing in Nova Scotia. "The documentary reconstructs Markham's life from archival film and stills, location footage and interviews with her contemporaries in Kenya. As a direct result of our documentary airing on public television, first locally in January, 1986 and then nationally on PBS in October, 1986, Markham's book 'West with the Night,' has been number one on the Bay Area's Best Seller List for 51 weeks, and number one on the New York Times Best Seller List for the last 4 weeks. (1/7/87) "Markham the extraordinary woman, and 'West with the Night,' her extraordinary book were lost to history. We feel that our documentary 'World Without Walls' merits consideration by the panel because the documentary was instrumental in the national rediscovery of a truly inspirational woman, and a wonderful literary work."--1986 Peabody Awards entry form.
Description
Looks at the life of Beryl Markham, pilot, horse trainer, and author, who was raised in East Africa in the early twentieth century.
Broadcast Date
1986-01-20
Asset type
Program
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:59:22.047
Credits
Content creator: KQED
Producing Organization: KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
KQED
Identifier: cpb-aacip-68c2308ae58 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:57:11
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-98c4440db6f (Filename)
Format: VHS
Duration: 1:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “World Without Walls: Beryl Markham's African Memoir,” 1986-01-20, KQED, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 16, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-55-03cz9p0b.
MLA: “World Without Walls: Beryl Markham's African Memoir.” 1986-01-20. KQED, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 16, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-55-03cz9p0b>.
APA: World Without Walls: Beryl Markham's African Memoir. Boston, MA: KQED, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-55-03cz9p0b