Film Record: Fool’s Gold

Fool's Gold pictured in the PSA Journal, Nov. 1957, 32.

Date produced: 1957

Filmmaker(s):

Eugene McIlwain

Languages:

English

Length:

380 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

Sound on synchro-tape

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1957

Description:

"There will always be those who seek gold. Eugene McIlwain has filmed the story of one who did find gold. It was real gold, more than he could handle. The setting is in a desolate desert are where one may expect to suffer privation. At times there may be the risk of one's life from the very desert from which he strives to conquer and extract its riches. The hardships of such a venture are told with engaging interest in Fool's Gold. The story if paced with background music and narration." PSA Journal, Nov. 1957, 32.

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

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