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City of Gold

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This classic short film from Pierre Berton 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. Using a collection of still photographs, the film juxtaposes the Dawson City at the height of the gold rush with its bustling taverns and dance halls with the more tranquil Dawson City of the present.
Directed by Wolf Koenig & Colin Low - 1957
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@danhorne3582 4 года назад

Pierre , Where ever you are . Thanks for being a Great Canadian .

@YadaBoyish 4 года назад

A wonderful film. I love THIS comment by Mr. Berton: "It's hard to believe, but after coming all this way, many of them [the stampeders] never bothered to look for gold at all. It was as if somehow they'd already found what they were seeking." That's a lovely summation of my time north of 60! (Six months in Whitehorse with a couple weeks in Dawson in 2003. See, there was this northern lass I met online...)

@bobbecker4639 11 лет назад

Wonderfully written, narrated and filmed. A history classic!!!

@johnbellison4779 6 лет назад

The historical content gripped me from the beginning. These people didnt know they were making history and a great story too. When i watch this i wonder if the opportunities that can be seen in the film have also passed by me! Unseen and unrecognised, just as in the 1890's. These folks lives are more interesting now, to some people, than they were then to those who were living them. Thanks for the memories.

@fouadkhelouiati9300 4 года назад

Who's watching that for school

@chauffeur1560 4 года назад

Me lol

@samp1724 4 года назад

me lol

@chauffeur1560 4 года назад

@@samp1724 bruh

@user-ke2fp1ku4x 4 года назад

Thequébecois 78 me same

@chauffeur1560 4 года назад

@Yoka Yoka perhaps

@andybender2899 10 лет назад

The narrator was Canada's Pierre Berton (1920-2004), popular journalist, editor, historian, and author of some fifty books. Mr. Berton lived with his family in Dawson City from 1921 until 1932, when the Bertons moved to Victoria. Produced and directed by Colin Low (son Stephen Low produces IMAX and IMAX 3D movies) and Wolf Koenig, this film was nominated for an Oscar in 1957.

@jackusdk 3 года назад

Came here from celebrated movie critic Pauline Kael, who said, “the film provides more sense of what gold fever is, and of what these people were actually like and what they were after, than all the dozens of Hollywood epics on the theme.” I tend to agree.

@timsterzzz 11 лет назад

I'm almost done reading his book about the Klondike Gold Rush. I highly recommend it. He's a very good story teller, who did his research. You will feel like you experienced the whole thing.

@biancamoritz8958 5 лет назад

Whose book though?

@mingjin6821 5 лет назад

@@biancamoritz8958 Klondike, by Pierre Berton.

@TANTRUMGASM 2 года назад

wow, the beautiful footage, the film quality, the soundtrack, the narration, ..this film is fantastic

@zoso8thegreat 6 лет назад

A good companion film to this is the recent doc 'Dawson City: Frozen Time'. Both are terrific!

@MKYAlexander 13 лет назад

Wow! So nostalgic in many ways. I had the privilege of performing in Dawson City in 2002. What a very cool part of the world. Really enjoyed my time there and this clip. R.I.P. Pierre Berton.

@kitesurf58phil 10 лет назад

The narrator's mother, Laura Beatrice Berton, wrote her account of going to Dawson to teach school. The book is called I Married The Klondike. I have read it several times. The book mentions my Great, Great Uncles who went to The Klondike in 1897 to make their fortune.

@Viral_Verity4587 7 лет назад

Philip Selwood I fucked

@russellloomis4376 5 лет назад

So is this a pretty close account of how it happened?

@Anotherway04 4 года назад

I highly recommend Pierre Berton's book "Klondike Fever". A detailed, well researched and captivating chronicle about the Klondike Gold Rush of the mid to late 1890's. The numerous accounts of what took place and the array of gold and advernture seekers and dreamers involved nearly defies description.

@marilyngrisham263 9 дней назад

dont forget to read his mothers book. I Married the Klondike. Awesome book !!!!

@TheIPGCorporations 5 лет назад

One of my indirect ancestors was involved in the gold rush. He wrote a letter to my direct ancestor, his brother, while he was in Canada - which my family still have. Sadly, he died there.

@KowboyUSA 5 лет назад

Love this kind of classic film.

@leslied5890 Год назад

My hometown ❤️

@tejaspics 2 года назад

Incredible story. Excellent documentary. Well restored! Thank you.

@msmith6713 3 года назад

Interesting film from Pierre Breton and the National Film Board of Canada. I wish I had seen it sooner. In these times it’s more important to remember the past least we not make the same mistakes in the future. As so many people attempt to deconstruct traditional Canadian icons. I think they will find it hard to erase a person like Pierre Breton, much like Tom Thomson or some one like Norman Bethune for that matter. Canada has a wonderful history of people who were Canadian and have done deeply thoughtful and helpful things.

@gonesquirrelly Месяц назад

Should also watch Dawson City: Frozen Time.

@davebeningfield 4 месяца назад

Having driven to the 2, 927 kms from Vancouver to Dawson City 3 times I can attest to the fact that indeed, upon arrival, you are still seized 'by a curious mixture of feelings, not the least of which was a strange elation..."

@schnarre0 4 года назад

...Love these classic films!

@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441 3 года назад

I was in Dawson City 2009 and I stood on that spot where that picture was taken now there's a big wooden bench carved out of a log sitting on top of that and when you sit on it you see the view of Dawson City. 👍👍😀🇨🇦

@viktorponomarev 8 месяцев назад

Cool. I’ve been living here for a month and a half now.👍👍👍😊😊😊

@rwe1havasu 11 лет назад

Enjoyed this so much... think I'll watch it again.

@russellloomis4376 5 лет назад

Has anyone here heard of Gold Trails and Ghost Towns? If not, I suggest looking it up.

@DocSpratley33 12 лет назад

this is just plain awesome!

@radzeerTWC 10 лет назад

Thanks for uploading this. The book from the narrator was a fantastic account of the gold rush, I highly recommend it to anybody interested in this subject.

@patiencemelason4496 4 года назад

The late Pierre Burton ,one of our Canadian treasures

@katstevens8266 Год назад

Thank YOU Library !!

@Klens75 6 лет назад

Great place Dawson. There is something quite unique and intriguing about the place. And of course Diamond Tooth Gerties is still there:)

@mountainshadowart2103 5 лет назад

This was great. Thanks for sharing it!

@daleparker4207 2 года назад

Absolutely incredible

@davidjones9661 Год назад

A commentator, 9 years ago, referenced how Berton's narration sounded like Carl Sagan... Well, I hear Robert Redford, not only in timbre and cadence, but in the pacing of his phrasing, as well.

@pryles2000 8 месяцев назад

Well done

@orangesfromlondon 14 лет назад

This was great.

@travellingonuptozion5658 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing

@SHH2L 12 лет назад

Amazing

@87willlow 13 лет назад

great! i was there last summer... and want to come back

@HJ-xu2ep Год назад

Good example for pan on still photo in class

@craigpasquinzo4684 8 лет назад

Amazing!!!

@faddishbigfoot4914 7 лет назад

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@evertros949 2 года назад

Top !!! Golden year,s.

@GrowFishEatTV 7 лет назад

'But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.' 1Timothy 6:9-10Sadly, many of these men endured such suffering to see tiny flecks of gold, never knowing the way to walking on streets literally made of the stuff... (Rev 21:21) How's about you?

@RoughtenBurger 6 лет назад

Im happy because most of these buildings have been refurbished and the history of this town wont go soon.

@miner68 6 лет назад

Any info on Thomas Mallory, part owner of 13 Eldorado, will be greatly appreciated.

@jeremydean9609 4 года назад

A style Ken Burns surely learned from to make famous.

@themise1416 3 года назад

The ken burns effect is endless talkers, and dolorous violin music. Thank God this predates that.

@KlasicRock 10 месяцев назад

As a Black man from the Americas. I always wondered... were any Black men allowed to participate in the Gold rush? Would you have any knowledge on this topic? I'd really like to know. Were there any African American miners back in those days?

@xtr3m3fLx 2 месяца назад

Minors of every race from all over the world flocked to both the California and Klondike gold rushes.

@MultiSpitha 12 лет назад

the photographer is A.E.Haig who had reached Dawson City in 1898 at the height of the gold rush.

@stevec2940 3 года назад

Skookum Jim picked up the nugget.

@blacklotus714 11 лет назад

No, it was 1957 when it was released =p

@artcabrera3598 3 года назад

Is this film shown at klondike gold rush Park in Seattle?

@travellingonuptozion5658 3 года назад

Saw 30 times

@wildbluefrontier 11 лет назад

I believe it was made in 1957.

@tomspeed2000 4 года назад

Is there any gold left in this city or they toke all

@LeylandNational01 14 лет назад

@kmg501 Widespread unemployment in America at that time has often been cited. People did come from all over the world.

@johnchisholm4783 11 лет назад

1952

@88Sam8888 10 лет назад

11:06 Sean Penn!

@travellingonuptozion5658 3 года назад

They love Alaska

@russellloomis4376 5 лет назад

17:37 I wonder how many shisters were in that photo?

@drewclarke5920 Месяц назад

creepy dude at 11:29 big moustache.... seen him a few times each time looking like a Pinkerton man...right out of a monty python flick...

@verbalexost 14 лет назад

number 1?

@rosydiaz5799 3 года назад

Who’s here from school 16 Elizabeth nj

@bilfrado 11 лет назад

Narrator sounds like Carl Sagan, Cosmos host

@FlyinRyan231 11 лет назад

what year was this film made?

@michellebraverman471 5 лет назад

1957

@raymondcharlesalison2277 6 лет назад

If those people only knew what today has

@russellloomis4376 5 лет назад

What do you mean?

@Youbuu2 10 лет назад

Don't say that Luis see ya tomorrow

@kmg501 14 лет назад

Interesting, I'm American but curious to understand why a town on Canadian soil was dominated by Americans. Was there social or legal - treaty reasons for that?

@Klens75 6 лет назад

kmg501 they came for the gold...

@russellloomis4376 4 года назад

Are you really that stupid or are just acting?

@katscx3851 3 года назад

@@russellloomis4376 he wrote that 11 years ago idiot

@AEVMU 2 месяца назад

Those women would make any man drink.

@plane_guy6051 2 года назад

I had to stop watching when I saw the image of a poor dog being made to pull a cart in a dirty old mine shaft - I'm sure it was worked to death - so cruel and inhumane. I heard a story a man said who'd been there and he said he had seen horses walk off cliffs to commit suicide. It's just horrible the things some people do to animals.

@shakibahmed4881 10 лет назад

The people's how to gat gold?

@silklavender 4 года назад

Looks like this was filmed by a calculator

@elysium8131 7 лет назад

old xboxahoy old doesnt mean better

@montehalthon7831 3 года назад

Not a single brotha in any of these pictures

@devinm3075 5 лет назад

Most ppl don’t understand 3-4 ounces in small coins any more cuz it’s so rare... but yea, it’s Christmas of ancient time past, a true aura forms, real deal, but in any case, I’d love to see Russia given back a piece of this noble continent, exploited to all hell ended up making horror movies and snuffing out a bunch of blonde hairs, gross.