The gold rush / a Yellow Jersey Films, Inc. production for American Experience in association with KQED ; produced by Randall MacLowry & Laura Longsworth ; directed by Randall MacLowry ; written by Michelle Ferrari.

At the end of 1853, San Francisco was a city on the move. It had twelve daily newspapers, nine insurance companies, consulates of twenty-seven foreign governments, and six-story buildings where sand dunes once stood. A few years earlier, San Francisco was just a sleepy little town. But the sight of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kusiak, John (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Yellow Jersey Films
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: MacLowry, Randall (Producer, Director)
Longsworth, Laura (Producer)
Ferrari, Michelle (Screenwriter)
Murphy, Michael, 1938- (Narrator)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Home Video, 2006.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
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Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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