The Melbourne Cup (1896)
- Directed by
- Henry Walter Barnett
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a silent documentary film from 1896. It shows the Melbourne Cup horse race in Australia, including the race won by a horse named Newhaven. The film was part of a series of short movies about the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
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What happens
The Melbourne Cup was a film about the two mile horse race won by Newhaven which took place on Tuesday, 3 November 1896. 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. One or more of the films was actually shot on Derby Day, Saturday, 31 October 1896, when Newhaven won the Victoria Derby. It has been acclaimed as the main part of Australia’s first locally produced and successfully screened cinema program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup (1918)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.