California's Golden Beginning (1948)
1948 · Ephemeral film · 8 min · dir. Edward Salven
- Documentary
Synopsis
A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Edward Salven
- Writer
- Jack Roberts
- Studio
- Academy Film Project, Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 1948-01-01
- Running time
- 8 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
- Edward Salven Director
John Eldredge
Louis Jean Heydt
Harold Vermilyea
Lane Chandler
Will Wright
Irving Bacon
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Yes but · Spuzz · 2013-09-15
Silent and Black and white, even though the film itself says it's sound AND in color, this looks to be quite the informative film about the beginning days of California. An old coot in a big office invites two reporter like people in his office, and off he goes on the history lesson. Some sceninc wonders are shown, but then it gets down to history, and ends at the beginning of the gold rush. More to this film, this is just the first reel.