Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition explained

Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition was an 1898 New Zealand silent documentary film.

The earliest New Zealand films being from the first of December 1898, the opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition,^{[1] [2]} and Boxing Day that year, Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse.^[3]

Synopsis

The film included scenes of the Newton Band playing, the governor arriving with a cavalry escort, and people entering the building.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition : official handbook and catalogue . Auckland Museum . 22 November 2022 . 1898.
2. Web site: First movie shot in New Zealand . New Zealand History . New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage . 1898.
3. Web site: Sowry . Clive . Whitehouse, Alfred Henry . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . 13 October 2020 . 1993.