Gold is a 1955 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Colin Low for the National Film Board of Canada.Wyndham Wise, Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press, 2001. . Entry "Colin Low".
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 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland: Diploma of Merit, 1955 8th Canadian Film Awards, Stratford, Ontario: Gold Award, Theatrical Short 1956Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 33-35. British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London: Nominee, BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, 1955
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