09 Jul 2004
Riding Giants
Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.
California's Golden Beginning
A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Top Billed Cast
John Eldredge 
Louis Jean Heydt 
Harold Vermilyea 
Lane Chandler 
Will Wright 
Irving Bacon
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