California's Golden Beginning

Creator: Palmer (W.A.) Films

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: 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.