Melbourne Cup 1896
Clip 2: Still or moving image?
1 min 6 sec
Taken from the historical footage Melbourne Cup 1896 (1896)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG
Availability of the complete title
Please note: this clip is silent
Curator’s clip description
This clip shows a group of men posing for the camera at the 1896 Melbourne Cup. Unfamiliar with moving image, the men remain still as if posing for a photograph. A horse gallops into the foreground and blocks our view until Walter Barnett, the film’s producer, gives the horse a pat on its rump.
Curator’s notes
With the early introduction of moving image film, people tended to remain still, as did the camera.
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