City of Gold (1957)
- Directed by
- Wolf Koenig, Colin Low
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 22 min
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary uses old photos and camera movement to tell the story of Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush. It shows the lives of people who went there seeking gold.
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What happens
City of Gold is a 1957 Canadian documentary film by Colin Low and Wolf Koenig, chronicling Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush. It made innovative use of archival photos and camera movements to animate still images, while also combining narration and music to bring drama to the whole. Its innovative use of still photography in this manner has been cited by Ken Burns as the source of inspiration for his so-called Ken Burns effect, a type of panning and zooming effect used in video production to animate still images. The film is narrated by Pierre Berton and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
Rocking Gold in the Klondike (1901)
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Lure of the Yukon (1924)
The Chechahcos (1924)
Gold (1952)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Klondike: The Quest for Gold (2003)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.