Gold! : the history of man's great obsession /

Gold! : the history of man's great obsession / Videorecording. Brian J Kelly; Lauren F Cardillo; Gary Parker; Henninger Productions.; History Channel (Television network). - New York : New Video, [2001] - 2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Disc 1 : The gold wars --
Gold fever. Disc 2 : The stuff of dreams --
Cold hard cash.

Director of photography, Richard Confalone ; editors, Mike Davis, Kathy Sheets, William K. Howard ; music composition, Todd Hahn, Michael Wolpe. Director of photography, Richard Confalone ; editors, Mike Davis, Kathy Sheets, William K. Howard ; music composition, Todd Hahn, Michael Wolpe.

Narrated by Michael Carroll.


The Gold Wars: From Pizarro's brutal conquest of the Incas to Custer's Last Stand, The Gold Wars explores the tragic legacy of man's lust for gold. Spain squandered the treasure it stripped from the New World in a doomed attempt to vanquish England. But as George Milling Stanley of the World Gold Council reveals, the same greed for gold ultimately fueled the dissolution of the British Empire, for England's conduct

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Gold -- History.
Gold --Social aspects.
Gold mines and mining.

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