Gold (1955 film)
| Gold | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Colin Low |
| Written by | Wolf Koenig |
| Produced by | Tom Daly |
| Cinematography | Wolf Koenig |
| Edited by | Wolf Koenig |
| Music by | Eldon Rathburn |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Gold is a 1955 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Colin Low for the National Film Board of Canada.[1]
The film documents the process of placer gold mining near Dawson City, Yukon and shows how gold is trapped and hand-sorted before becoming gold brick.
Low followed up with his 1957 film City of Gold, which centred on the history of Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Awards
[edit]- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland: Diploma of Merit, 1955[2]
- 8th Canadian Film Awards, Stratford, Ontario: Gold Award, Theatrical Short 1956[3]
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London: Nominee, BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, 1955
References
[edit]- ^ Wyndham Wise, Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press, 2001. ISBN 9780802083982. Entry "Colin Low".
- ^ "Gold". onf-nfb.gc.c. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 33-35.
External links
[edit]Gold in the NFB collection catalog
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Categories:
- 1955 films
- Canadian short documentary films
- Best Theatrical Short Film Genie Award winners
- National Film Board of Canada short films
- 1955 short films
- Documentary films about mining
- Films directed by Colin Low (filmmaker)
- English-language Canadian films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s Canadian films
- 1955 documentary films
- English-language short documentary films
- Pre-1960 Canadian film stubs
- 1950s film stubs