Dusty Miles Reel 4 1950-1959

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On across the Big Gerstle River and passed a complex of rivers and islands where the Delta River merge with the Tanana River. The drivers look at a statue erected to Felix Pedro who discovered gold in the Fairbanks area in 1902. By the side of a creek a man pans for gold. A large modern mechanised dredger...

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Cataloguer:
Mike
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
82872
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:55:53:00 / 02:00:52:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2847.06
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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