Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition

Country

New Zealand

How it feels

This is a short silent film from 1898 that shows the opening ceremony of a big exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand.

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What happens

Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition was an 1898 New Zealand silent documentary film. The earliest New Zealand films being from the first of December 1898, the opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition, and Boxing Day that year, Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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