In the U.S., the '50s and '60s marked the documentary's golden age, especially at CBS, where pioneering television journalist Edward R. Murrow, immortalised in George Clooney's 'Good Night, and Good Luck, ' produced such landmark investigations as the CBS Reports programme 'Hunger in America.'

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