Loading Horses on the SS Cornwall (1899)
Synopsis
Officers of the Queensland Mounted Infantry lead horses down a ramp to board the SS Cornwall on 31 October 1899, prior to their departure for the Boer War.
Curator’s notes
This actuality footage was taken by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills, and his assistant, Henry William Mobsby. Wills and Mobsby recorded agricultural processes (Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder, 1899), modes of transport (North Shore Steam Ferry, 1899) and historical events (Opening of Queensland Parliament, 1899) using a Lumière Cinematographe camera. They produced over 30 films in 1899, but most of them were never screened publicly in Australia. Instead, they accompanied lectures in Britain promoting migration to Queensland.
For further information, see 'Australia’s First Films’ by Chris Long and Pat Laughren, Cinema Papers, 1993, No. 96, p 37.
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