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  • Short Summary

    Wild West gold mining towns compared with industrial gold mining of present day.

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    Soundtrack is currently missing.

    Titles read: "A PATHETONE SPECIAL - RICHES OF THE EARTH".

    United States of America.

    Various scenic shots of countryside and mountains of the American West. We then see a sequence showing the old wild west towns with pioneers arriving in wagon trains, having wild times in the saloon, panning for gold and gold being weighed on scales in a bank.

    Compared with the western towns in present day; ghost towns and old buildings crumbling away; exterior and interior of buildings. Signs reading 'US Mint Building, Not Operating' and 'For Sale' and run down, by-passed towns.

    Sequence showing modern day (1940's) gold mining with mechanical diggers and industrial smelting process. Ends with a sequence showing an old prospector with a mule, discovering gold in the desert.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1206.09
    Media URN:
    15716
    Group:
    Pathetones
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    19/08/1940
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:04:02:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:15:00:00 / 01:19:02:00
    Canister:
    PT 542

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