10.0
Bauxita
2023
City of Gold (1957)
May 2, 195722mEN
5.8
13 votes
Overview
Classic short film depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the fabled gold fields over 3000 km north of civilization. Still photographs juxtapose Dawson City today against its bustling height in the gold rush.
Director
Wolf KoenigWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
ONF | NFB
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6.0The first few scenes illustrate a town that little resembles the famed towns of the gold rush. Dawson City as it now is has a restaurant where people drink coffee with saucers under their cups under the gaze of a picture of The Queen on the wall. Now, all of the frenzy has gone and much of this place is abandoned and derelict. Nature is reclaiming the land so hastily claimed from it seven decades earlier - even the old railway engines and steam boats lie abandoned and untouched. Back in the 1890s, though, over one hundred thousand opportunists turned up expecting to make it rich - and the vari…
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