Riches Of The Earth (1940)

Soundtrack is currently missing. Titles read: “A PATHETONE SPECIAL - RICHES OF THE EARTH“. United States of America. Various scenic shots of countryside and mountains of the American West. We then see a sequence showing the old wild west towns with pioneers arriving in wagon trains, having wild times in the saloon, panning for gold and gold being weighed on scales in a bank. Compared with the western towns in present day; ghost towns and old buildings crumbling away; exterior and interior of buildings. Signs reading ’US Mint Building, Not Operating’ and ’For Sale’ and run down, by-passed towns. Sequence showing modern day (1940’s) gold mining with mechanical diggers and industrial smelting process. Ends with a sequence showing an old prospector with a mule, discovering gold in the desert. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FO