California's Golden Beginning

California's Golden Beginning is a short film from 1948 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

Historical reenactments, including discovery of gold at Sutter's Fort.

06:29:43:04 LS California State Capitol building in Sacramento.

06:31:31:21 VS scenic footage of California landscape. Trees, mountains, beach, redwoods, Yosemite, waterfalls, Spanish missions, lakes

06:33:52:16 VS Sutter s Fort established 1839. CU plaque of John Augustus Sutter.

06:36:02:10 CU disembodied hands grabs handful of wet soil and rubs it in one hand, little pieces of gold sparkle in hand; VS man shows his finding to other nineteenth century California gold rush settlers building a mine.

California's Golden Beginning
Produced by	Palmer (W.A.) Films
Production company	Palmer (W.A.) Films
Distributed by	Palmer (W.A.) Films
Release date	1948
Language	English

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Note

This is partial without sound or color

See Also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_Golden_Beginning