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The Lumière Collection includes some of the oldest footage in the NFSA collection: over 30 short films made in 1899.
Produced by Frederick Charles Wills and Henry William Mobsby, these films record...
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Curator Sally Jackson researches famous faces and fashions of the 1896 Melbourne Cup.
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Film curator Sally Jackson's examination of original documents in Australia and France sheds new light on the man who brought the cinema to Australia in 1896.
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Audiovisual Conservationist Sean Mosely takes us through the process of preparing some original Lumière company films for reprinting.
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This actuality footage shows a steam ferry docking at the Milsons Point Ferry Wharf in 1899. Workers prepare to receive the ferry as passengers on board ready for disembarkation.
Summary by Elizabeth...
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This actuality footage shot in 1899 shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane, with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background.
Summary by Elizabeth Taggert - Speers
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This clip shows the end of the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race through the onlooking crowd. Newhaven wins.
Summary by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers
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This actuality footage from 1899 begins with a shot of commuters on a Sydney railway platform approaching an incoming train. A man holds a folded newspaper, while one woman carries a parasol. The...
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This actuality footage shot in 1899 shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane, with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background.
Summary by Elizabeth Taggert - Speers
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This actuality footage from 1899 begins with a shot of commuters on a Sydney railway platform approaching an incoming train. A man holds a folded newspaper, while one woman carries a parasol. The...
