| The Melbourne Cup | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry Walter Barnett |
| Cinematography | Marius Sestier |
Production company | |
Release date |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | Silent |
| External media | |
|---|---|
| Images | |
 Arrival of a train, Hill Platform. (Catalogue Lumière) | |
| The Arrival of his Excellency the Governor. (Catalogue Lumière) | |
| Newhaven, his trainer, W. Hickenbotham, and jockey, Gardiner. (Catalogue Lumière) | |
| Weighing-out for the Cup. (Catalogue Lumière) | |
| Video | |
 The Crowd near the grandstand. NFSA | |
| Horses in the Saddling Paddock. NFSA | |
| Melbourne Cup 1896. NFSA |
The Melbourne Cup was a film about the two mile horse race won by Newhaven which took place on Tuesday, 3 November 1896.[1]
Marius Sestier filmed the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race, being in a series of films about the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The feature, which consisted of 10 one-minute films shown in chronological order, was premiered at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne on 19 November 1896.[2]
One or more of the films was actually shot on Derby Day, Saturday, 31 October 1896, when Newhaven won the Victoria Derby.[3]
It has been acclaimed as the main part of Australia’s first locally produced and successfully screened cinema program.[2]
- ^ "MELBOURNE CUP". Delegate Argus and Border Post. Vol. 2, no. 56. New South Wales, Australia. 5 November 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 14 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b Jackson, Sally (1 November 2013). "Melbourne Cup fashion, 1896". Australia: National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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