Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly
| Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly | |
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 Photograph of PS Brighton arriving at Manly wharf | |
| Based on | documentary |
| Cinematography | Marius Sestier |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | Silent |
Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly was the first film shot and screened in Australia.[1]
Marius Sestier made a film of passengers alighting from the paddle steamer ferry Brighton at Manly Wharf.[1]
In September 1896, Sestier and Henry Walter Barnett opened Australia's first cinema, the Salon Lumière in Pitt Street, Sydney.[2] It was at this cinema the film was first shown on the 27th October 1896 with the promise of more to come.[2]
Sestier, together with Henry Walter Barnett, made approximately 19 films in Sydney and Melbourne between October and November 1896, these being the very first films recorded in Australia.[3]
There is no known surviving copy of the film.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Martin-Jones, Tony. "Marius Sestier in Australia". apex net au. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Marius Sestier Collection". Australia: National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "THE LUMIERE CINEMATOGRAPHE". The Daily Telegraph. No. 5448. New South Wales, Australia. 5 December 1896. p. 11. Retrieved 18 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Passengers Alighting from Ferry 'Brighton' at Manly". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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