The first existing and unaltered melbourne cup is from 1866, presented to the owners of the barb. Withhold is set to have a grouprace campaign but his handicap days may not be completely over as the melbourne cup is very much in our. This film documents the 1896 melbourne cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race. Video overview melbourne cup 1896 1896 on aso australias. The melbourne cup film was readily identified as the weighingin for the cup, in which the jockeys ride their horses to the weighing room on the flemington racecourse and are weighed for correct weight before the race. This film documents the 1896 melbourne cup horse race including footage of the crowd. This film documenting the 1896 melbourne cup is one of australias oldest surviving films. The film entitled weighing in for the cup is part of the lumiere collection cup. Melbourne cup 1896 1896 clip 3 on aso australias audio and. The 1896 melbourne cup carnival was hailed as the best possible melbourne cup to have been filmed first.
This film from australias audiovisual heritage online documents the 1896 melbourne cup horse race including footage of the crowd watching the race. Melbourne s oldest surviving films is the 1896 melbourne cup by marius sestier. In 1896, cameras captured the first live filming of the most famous 3,200 metres in australia. Melbourne cup 1896 1896 clip 3 on aso australianscreen. November 3, 1896 the melbourne cup horse races in australia. Newhaven became the first media celebrity horse to win the melbourne cup.
Beautiful film of the melbourne cup in melbourne, australia, november 1896. A horse gallops into the foreground and blocks our view until the films producer gives the horse a pat on its rump. The 1896 melbourne cup carnival films, made by freres lumiere representative marius sestier and australian high society photographer henry walter barnett with the cinematographe lumiere, formed the main part of australias first locally produced and successfully screened cinema program. Overview this film documenting the 1896 melbourne cup is one of australias oldest surviving films. When i saw this film at the melbourne film festival i was really quite astonished. Marius sestier and henry walter barnett filmed these scenes at the 1896 melbourne cup carnival, producing one of australias oldest surviving films. Kennys date with a high school friend was coming to a sad end on melbourne cup day. Melbourne cup pictures download free images on unsplash. On saturday, 31 october 1896 derby day and on tuesday, 3 november 1896 cup day, marius sestier and h. Rekindling has raced just once after becoming the first northern hemisphere threeyearold winner of the melbourne cup, finishing last in the.
A horse gallops into the foreground and blocks our view. Released by sidhe interactive, this is the demo for horse racing game melbourne cup allowing you to sample two different tracks. Flemington train station 1896 3rd november melbourne cup. The first melbourne cup trophy was awarded in 1865 and was an elaborate silver bowl on a stand that had been manufactured in england. Melbourne cup, melbourne cup football tickets at stubhub uk. Past winners 1891 to 1900 melbourne cup winners races.
Earliest longform documentary of an event i know to exist. Melbourne cup 1896 1896 clip 1 on aso australianscreen. Melbourne cup form guide you can download and print for your office sweep. New footage of the 1896 melbourne cup has been unearthed. Ultimate form guide horses, field, odds, tips, best bets, start time, how to watch and live streaming. Over a century later these faces are anonymous but using contemporary newspaper and social page reports to identify the famous faces we discover whos who at the 1896 melbourne cup carnival. This clip shows the end of the 1896 melbourne cup horse race through the.