FIRST MOVIE SCREENING IN N.Z.
In 1895, Auckland businessman Alfred Whitehouse imported a ‘kinetoscope’ into New Zealand. The Thomas Edison machine showed moving images to one customer at a time. Almost immediately, Alfred decided moving images of local events would be more of a drawcard than watching material sourced overseas. He approached Auckland photographer William Bartlett and asked him to film the opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition. Using a movie camera called a ‘Cinematograph’ invented by Frenchman Leon Bouly in 1892, William successfully filmed the Newton Band playing (silently). He also captured the arrival of the Governor with a cavalry escort as well as the crowds entering the exhibition building.
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