California's Golden Beginning (1948)

A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Documentary

California's Golden Beginning

Similar Films

  • Primary
  • Riding Giants
  • A Crime to Fit the Punishment
  • Coast Modern
  • Sikkim
  • Railway with a Heart of Gold
  • Wild Window: Bejeweled Fishes
  • Screen Actors
  • Χρυσός στα Χρόνια της Κρίσης: Ο Θησαυρός της Κασσάνδρας
  • Not a Pretty Picture
  • Hoop Dreams
  • Appointment in Tokyo
  • The Town
  • The Art Director
  • The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
  • Les Aventures Extraordinaires D'Un Litre De Lait
  • The Times of Harvey Milk
  • How Weed Won the West
  • Faces of November
  • Portrait of Jason

NextFilm 2025