Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition

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Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition
Based onDocumentary
CinematographyW. H. Bartlett
Distributed by Alfred Henry Whitehouse
Release date
  • 24 December 1898 (1898-12-24)
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageSilent

Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition was an 1898 New Zealand silent documentary film. [1]

The earliest New Zealand films being from the first of December 1898, the opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition, [2] [3] and Boxing Day that year, Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse. [1]

Synopsis

The film included scenes of the Newton Band playing, the governor arriving with a cavalry escort, and people entering the building. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sowry, Clive (1993). "Whitehouse, Alfred Henry". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. "Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition : official handbook and catalogue". Auckland Museum. 1898. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 "First movie shot in New Zealand". New Zealand History. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 1898.