Sally Jackson – Screening the Past

Patineur Grotesque: Marius Sestier and the Lumière Cinématographe in Australia, September-November 1896

Post author:Sally Jackson
Post published:January 4, 2015
Post category:Issue 28 - First Release

Marius Sestier holding a stereo viewer. Postcard. Marius Sestier Collection. National Film and Sound Archive. Courtesy Mme Petitbois and Messrs Sestier and Jeune. Patineur Grotesque (Australia 1896), although filmed in Melbourne,…

Almost the greatest scientific invention of the age

Post author:Sally Jackson
Post published:March 21, 2019
Post category:Issue 44 - First Release

On 24 September 1896, the Lumière representative to Bombay and Australia, Marius Sestier, received a telegram from the home office in Lyon. The films he had made in India and…

Like Boils the Cinématographe Tends to Break Out – The Films of the 1896 Melbourne Cup: The Lawn Near the Bandstand

Post author:Sally Jackson
Post published:June 30, 2015
Post category:Issue 39 - First Release

[1] Any Melbourne Cup race is a dramatic competition. In 1896, Newhaven was the favourite and, having streaked past the finishing post six lengths ahead of the other horses, was…