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    American Experience: The Gold Rush Director: Randall MacLowry

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    • DVD Release Date: 11/21/2006
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    Portrait gallery; Map of California gold discoveries

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    Disc #1 -- The Gold Rush
    2. Taking a Chance [2:44]
    3. The Discovery of Gold [11:25]
    4. Americans Catch Gold Fever [13:39]
    5. Forty Niners [4:38]
    6. Anti-Foreigner Sentiment [6:47]
    7. San Francisco Booms [5:45]
    8. A Miner's Life [13:05]
    9. A Woman's Role [5:28]
    10. The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta [5:31]
    11. Failure at the Mines [7:09]
    12. Native Californians' Struggle for Survival [10:25]
    13. Transforming San Francisco [5:03]
    14. Chinese Immigration [6:49]
    15. Admitting Failure [8:43]
    16. New Beginnings [3:37]
    17. Credits [3:11]

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    In the late 1840s San Francisco was little more than a quaint seaside village of 800, and few could have foreseen that remarkable future that fate held in store for sleepy community. Soon after gold was discovered in the American River, however, the rapid growth that followed would alter the course of an entire nation. By early 1854 San Francisco was well on its way to becoming the economic powerhouse that it is today. In this documentary, filmmakers take an informative look back at that crucial era of development with original recreations and rare daguerreotypes that truly transport the viewer back to one of the most vital and transformative eras in American history. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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