Full title reads: "Canada And London. Gold and Silver Make Rare Finds".
Canada.
GV The canyon in the Cariboo country where John MacDougall is washing down a mountain for gold. LV MacDougall operating large water hose which sends gravel down towards sluice box. CU Prospector. Various...
Full title reads: "Canada And London. Gold and Silver Make Rare Finds".
Canada.
GV The canyon in the Cariboo country where John MacDougall is washing down a mountain for gold. LV MacDougall operating large water hose which sends gravel down towards sluice box. CU Prospector. Various shots of jet of water washing gravel from mountainside. Various shots of MacDougall and helpers searching through gravel for particles of gold. CU John MacDougall with pan full of gold nuggets examining them.
Charterhouse Street, London.
GV Elevated shot looking down on Charterhouse Street site where the building stands in which a rare silver collection was found. SV Feet walking along pavement, camera pans up to the building. SV Front of the building with notice reading "Opening shortly - Langford's Silver Galleries Ltd., the worlds oldest and largest silver galleries". LV Interior shot Barry and Laurence Langford raking through jumble in the vault, behind them on the wall are shelves of silverware. SV Two brothers looking at a sword which they found. Various shots of brothers looking through the silverware in the vault and polishing some of it up.
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