Dawson City: Frozen Time

In 1929, a sub-arctic swimming pool in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, became an unlikely tomb for nearly 50 years of cinematic history. Beneath its icy surface lay over 500 reels of nitrate film, lost to the ages until their rediscovery in 1978, buried beneath a layer of permafrost. This remarkable cache includes silent films, shorts, features, and newsreel footage of pivotal events like the 1919 World Series, offering a rare glimpse into the dawn of 20th-century America, Hollywood's silent era, and the history of this remote Yukon town.