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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 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...
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This clip shows a group of men posing for the camera at the 1896 Melbourne Cup. Unfamiliar with moving image, the men remain still as if posing for a photograph. A horse gallops into the foreground...
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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 clip shows the crowd at what is probably the Melbourne Cup during the Spring Carnival of 1896. The gathered crowd stroll through the shot while the Flemington Racecourse grandstand can be seen...
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This actuality footage from 1899 shows a horse-drawn load of cane arriving at a conveyor belt at a sugar mill in Nambour, Queensland. The cane is trimmed and carried by conveyor belt into the mill...
