Hai cercato: Gold Rush
Gold Rush Scenes in the Klondike / 1899
Following a shot of a newspaper that outlines the hardships of living in the Klondike, there are scenes a typical Klondike town, of people on a raft, and of people mining for gold.
The Last Great American Gold Rush /
A look at the Gold Rush in Nevada and California’s deserts during the 1900s as people flocked to stake their claim, even though most never got rich.
Guerilla Gold Rush: The Spoils of War / 2019
For over half a century, civil war paralyzed Colombia and kept much of its wild lands frozen in time. In December 2016, that changed. The war that resulted in the deaths of 220,000 and displaced 6 million people came to an end. And the land wars began. With the FARC officially gone, the forests of Colombia are open for business.
Outback Art: The Gold Rush / 2008
A look at the recent trend for collecting aboriginal art and the issues surrounding it.
Himalayan Gold rush / 2011
At an altitude of 5000 meters in the Himalayas is found Yarsagumba, a caterpillar-fungus that is worth more than its weight in gold. Thousands of Nepalese villagers trek up the mountains every spring, braving difficult temperatures and terrain, in search of this hard-to-find but invaluable commodity. Its trade in Hong Kong and China, where it is considered a medicinal mushroom and elixir of youth, amounts to billions of Euros every year. Watch the journey of this extraordinary creature from mountainsides to pharmacy windows, and the people who hunt it down.
A History of The War on Drugs, from Prohibition to Gold Rush / 2016
Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for?
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National Geographic Investigates - Guerilla Gold Rush: Deadly Endeavor / 2023
Mariana Van Zeller risks all to uncover the dark world of gold mining in Colombia.
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The Gold Rush King / 1985
Swordsman Xu Tianxiong gets a message from dying gold miner Tao Jin Wang, then leads the confrontation against the treacherous gold store owner Ba Zhangui.
The New Option: Gold Rush / 2003
Fourth film in the 10 film series titled The New Option. Hon tabled a proposal to establish an assault team to take over some of the functions of the SDU. Madam So then withheld an application by Stone to increase the budget of the SDU to upgrade their equipment. Stone of course felt uneasy about this decision. Fatso told Hon that a gang of seven criminals with heavy firearms was planning to rob a factory. To be safe, Ann ordered the SDU to standby for any emergency. The assault team successfully shot or captured five gangsters after their robbery. While they were celebrating their success, the remaining two gangsters returned and opened fire on them. The SDU then stepped in and killed the two gangsters. Madam So had no choice but to shelve the idea of an assault team and approved the new SDU budget proposed by Stone.
Gold Rush in the Deep Sea / 2015
Manganese nodules do look like carbonized cauliflower and are supposed to be the new source of iron for our technologised society. But them lying on the floor of the pacific, approximately four kilometers deep, poses a big problem.
Sunken Eldorado: The New Underwater Gold Rush? / 2019
For thousands of years, gold has been the most treasured and coveted of all metals. But extraction sites are dwindling and what little gold that remains is harder and harder to mine. However, there is a place where you can still find vast quantities of gold. Underwater archaeology has revealed that 3 million shipwrecks litter the ocean floor, 3,500 of which sunk with cargoes of ’precious metals’ onboard. Billions of dollars worth of gold, just sitting there, at the bottom of the sea. With today’s technology, this gold is in reach.
Iceberg Hunting: The 'White Gold' Rush /
Hunting for the most expensive water in the world Each spring, a race against time begins in Terre Neuve. "Iceberg hunters" assault the chunks of ice released from Greenland. Their objective? Detach large blocks of ice, capture them and load them aboard their boats in order to resell the water at a high price. Water from this area is known as the "purest in the world" and grows more popular every year. But behind this new El Dorado hides a much darker reality: global warming. This phenomenon could soon lead the region to its demise, as the North Pole is heating up almost 3 times faster than the rest of the planet.
The Gold Brick / 1943
A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.
Gold Fever / 1912
Maxime Vermont tries to get a financial help from his father-in-law, to no avail. Inspired by an idea from a pulp serial, Maxime sets out to kill his father-in-law in order to repay his massive debts. Later, opportunistic Maxime scams the poor and needy out of their savings and celebrates lavishly.
Yarsagumbu, l'or de l'Himalaya / 2011
Every spring, tens of thousands of men, women and children leave their villages for a dangerous trek to the high Himalaya to collect Yarsagumbu, a mysterious transmutation between plant and insect. Used in Chinese medicine, it is worth up to 60 000 USD a kilo, more than gold.
The Lowly Ronin: Hanayama Daikichi / 1995
Low-caste former samurai Hanayama Daikichi and his gambler friend Hanji of Yaizu, come to a once peaceful post town of Kofu. A town now filled with gamblers, prostitutes, and unscrupulous opportunists, all drawn by the smell of blood and the scent of newly-mined gold. Daikichi brings a little girl whose father has been butchered by yakuza assassins, hoping to find her family. Intrigue and violence follow the group as they must ward off a deadly female spy and a mysterious ronin with a violent past. Tension mounts as all these forces come together to unravel a secret which will unleash a wave of violence that could destroy them all.