Miners working in silver mine near Idaho Springs, CO, after President Franklin Roosevelt raises price of silver
Title card: "Silver towns boom! President boosts price to 65c an ounce in ordering purchase of 24,000,000 ounces a year! New silver rush revives frontier towns of old West" / CU sign saying "Silver Headquarters, Value of 1,000 ounces, Jan 1, 1933 $250, Dec 23, 1933 $450, If mined today $650" / overhead panning shot of Idaho Springs / close shot of miner hammering chisel into mine wall / miner hitting at ore on mine floor with pickaxe, miner next to him shoveling ore / Note: exact month/day not known
PURCHASE A LICENCE
Get personalised pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset.
DETAILS
Editorial #:
1063907466
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 January, 1934
Upload date:
Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:41:02
Location:
Idaho Springs, Colorado, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003134_04_01.mov
- Silver - Metal,
- Mining - Natural Resources,
- Mine,
- Miner,
- Colorado,
- Metal Ore,
- 1930-1939,
- Accuracy,
- Archival,
- Black And White,
- Business Finance and Industry,
- Chisel,
- Day,
- Digging,
- Economy,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Finance and Economy,
- Franklin Roosevelt,
- Great Depression,
- HD Format,
- Hammer,
- Month,
- Newsreel,
- Panning,
- Pick Axe,
- President,
- Price,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time - Footage,
- Spade,
- US President,
- USA,
- Video with Sound,