Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition

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

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

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

References

  1. Sowry, Clive (1993). "Whitehouse, Alfred Henry". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. "First movie shot in New Zealand". New Zealand History. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 1 December 1898.
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