First Austalian Film - The Melbourne Cup (1896) Pt3 The Race Itself

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Uploaded by on Jul 9, 2009

This is the first film made in Australia - it's of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in 1896.

This third part shows the race itself.

The crowd has obviously been coached to wave their hats as the horses go by!

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  • This is NOT the first film made in Australia - not even the earliest Australian film surviving. Two films of the 1896 VRC Derby were shot by Sestier three days earlier, and one of them was released in the NFSA's video compile "Federation Films" in 1990. For full details refer: "Cinema Papers" No 93, Melbourne, May 1993, pps 34 - 41; and ibid., August 1993, pps 34 -39 & p 62. The first Australian film was of passengers alighting the ferry at Manly, 25 October 1896 - unfortunately not surviving.

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