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Gold (1952)

Gold poster
Directed by
Colin Low
Country
Canada
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This short documentary shows how placer gold mining works near Dawson City, Yukon. It follows the process of trapping, hand-sorting, and turning gold into bricks.

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What happens

Gold is a 1955 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Colin Low for the National Film Board of Canada. The film documents the process of placer gold mining near Dawson City, Yukon and shows how gold is trapped and hand-sorted before becoming gold brick. Low followed up with his 1957 film City of Gold, which centred on the history of Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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