NFB Collection
Rush for Gold - The Klondike Gold Rush, 1897
199120 min 7 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: David Newman
Production: Joe MacDonaldKeith PackwoodFloyd Elliott
Rush for Gold gathers all the colourful, exciting, and tragic events of the Klondike into a coherent chronological perspective, tracing the effects of gold fever, the perils of the journey up the inland passage and over the White and Chilkoot Passes to Dawson. It also takes a brief look at early mining technology, Dawson City, the steamers on the River Yukon, and rail transportation. Rush for Gold is told in the first person by those who experienced the quest for riches in Canada's northwest.
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Subject categories
- Mining > Arctic RegionGoldHistorical PerspectivesMetals
- History - Canada - 1867-1919 > Arctic RegionGold Rushes
Credits
- director
- David Newman
- producer
- Joe MacDonald
- Keith Packwood
- executive producer
- Floyd Elliott
- music
- Eldon Rathburn
- narrator
- Neil Shee
- sound
- David Newman
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel