Gold (1955 film) explained

Gold
Director:Colin Low
Producer:Tom Daly
Music:Eldon Rathburn
Cinematography:Wolf Koenig
Editing:Wolf Koenig
Studio:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:11 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Gold is a 1955 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Colin Low for the National Film Board of Canada.[1]

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.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. [Wyndham Wise]
  2. Web site: Gold . onf-nfb.gc.c . National Film Board of Canada . 12 January 2023.
  3. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 33-35.