Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly is an 1896 film by Marius Sestier of passengers alighting from the paddle steamer ferry Brighton at Manly Wharf in Sydney.[1] It is the first film ever shot and screened in Australia.[1] Sestier and Henry Walter Barnett made approximately 19 films in Sydney and Melbourne between October and November 1896, of which this was the earliest.[2]
| Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly | |
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 Photograph of PS Brighton arriving at Manly wharf | |
| Based on | documentary |
| Cinematography | Marius Sestier |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | Silent |
The film premiered on 27 October 1896 at the Salon Lumière on Sydney's Pitt Street, Australia's first cinema, founded by Sestier and Barnett. [3] No copy is known to have survived.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Martin-Jones, Tony. "Marius Sestier in Australia". apex net au. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Marius Sestier Collection". Australia: National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Passengers Alighting from Ferry 'Brighton' at Manly". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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