California's Golden Beginning

9.0
1948
0h 16m
Released
Documentary

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.

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Director: Edward Salven

Cast: John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt, Harold Vermilyea, Lane Chandler, Will Wright, Irving Bacon

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