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Speck Of The Future (1848-1856) (1996)

Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)

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S1.E3

1h 26m

Documentary, Historical, War

September 17th, 1996

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Synopsis

In 1848, a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the stream bed of the American River in California -- and came up with the future of the West in the palm of his hand. He had discovered gold.

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Cast

Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator
J.S. Holliday
Self - Historian
T.H. Watkins
Self - Historian
Richard White
Self - Historian
Dayton Duncan
Self - Writer
Jack Chen
Self - Historian
Patricia Nelson Limerick
Self - Historian
Jo Allyn Archambault
Self - Anthropologist
Ronald Takaki
Self - Historian
Adam Arkin
Self
Full cast & crew

Directors

Stephen Ives
directed by
Full cast & crew

Producers

Jody Abramson
producer (produced by)
Ken Burns
executive producer / senior producer
Dayton Duncan
consulting producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Dayton Duncan
written by
Geoffrey C. Ward
written by
Full cast & crew

Keywords

gold rush
the future

Release Dates

September 17th, 1996 (United States of America)

Running Times

86 min

Production Companies

Florentine Films
Time-Life Video
WETA
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Other Companies

Wyoming Bureau of Land Management (location) / location
Library of Congress (archival collections)
State Historical Society of Wisconsin (archival collections)
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