City of Gold (1957 film)
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Produced by | Tom Daly |
Written by | Roman Kroitor |
Narrated by | Pierre Berton |
Music by | Eldon Rathburn |
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Edited by | Tom Daly |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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21 min 40 sec |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
City of Gold is a 1957 Canadian documentary film by Colin Low and Wolf Koenig, chronicling Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush. The film is narrated by Pierre Berton and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Technique
City of Gold made innovative use of archival photos, combining narration, music and camera movements to bring drama to these still images. Its innovative use of still photography in this manner has been cited by Ken Burns as an inspiration for the so-called Ken Burns effect.[1][2][3]
Awards
Winner of the Palme d'or for best short film at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award.[4]
Winner of the award for film of the year at the 10th Canadian Film Awards, June 21, 1958.[5]
Notes
- ↑ "Capturing the American Experience: A Conversation with Ken Burns" by Mikel Vause
- ↑ "Historical Photographs and Multimedia Storytelling" by Charles Williams
- ↑ "All That Glitters: City of Gold Revisited" by John C. Tibbetts
- ↑ Colin Low article at the Film Reference Library
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References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). City of Gold at IMDb
- Watch City of Gold at NFB.ca
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- 1957 films
- English-language films
- Canadian films
- Dawson City
- Documentary films about cities
- Films directed by Colin Low
- Documentary films about historical events
- Klondike Gold Rush in fiction
- National Film Board of Canada documentaries
- Canadian short documentary films
- Short Film Palme d'Or winners
- Films set in Yukon
- Pierre Berton
- 1950s documentary films
- Film scores by Eldon Rathburn
- Films produced by Tom Daly
- Canadian documentary film stubs
- Historical documentary film stubs