Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand

Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand was a 1901 New Zealand silent documentary film made by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army in Australia.[1]

Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand
Based onDocumentary
CinematographyJoseph Perry
Production
company
Release date
  • 1901 (1901)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageSilent

New Zealand Prime Minister Richard Seddon gave permission for Joseph Perry to film the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in Wellington.[1] It was one of New Zealand's early documentary films, going for 8 minutes.[2] The earliest films being from the first of December 1898, the opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition,[3] and Boxing Day that year, Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "Biorama Company". The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Territory. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Australia's First Film Studio" at Salvation Army
  3. ^ "First movie shot in New Zealand". New Zealand History. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 1 December 1898.
  4. ^ Sowry, Clive (1993). "Whitehouse, Alfred Henry". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

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