New South Wales Horse Artillery in Action

New South Wales Horse Artillery in Action was a short documentary film.[1]

New South Wales Horse Artillery in Action
Based ondocumentary
CinematographyMarius Sestier
Production
company
Distributed byLumière Brothers
Release date
  • 24 November 1896 (1896-11-24) (Sydney)
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent

Marius Sestier made two films of the New South Wales Horse Artillery drill at Victoria Barracks, Sydney.[1]

Sestier together with Henry Walter Barnett had made approximately 19 films in Sydney and Melbourne between October and November 1896, these being the very first films recorded in Australia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Martin-Jones, Tony. "Marius Sestier in Australia". apex net au. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
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