The United States Bullion Depository--as it is officially named--at Fort Knox, KY,, was brand-new at the time of this film, having been completed in December 1936, with the first gold shipments occurring from January to July 1937. It was made necessary due to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order in 1933 that made it illegal for US citizens to own gold coins, bullion or gold certificates. All of that gold had to be turned into the federal government, increasing its stockpile from $4 billion to $12 billion in the span of four years. This order was not repealed until 1974. NOTE: This was the first feature film production allowed on the grounds of the Depository.

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