Movie Settings Database

The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War

Where:

🇳🇿 New Zealand

When:

The 1900s

New Zealand's oldest surviving film shows a troop of horsemen from the Boer War Second Contingent in camp at one of the open days held before their departure at Newtown Park, Wellington, likely 13 January 1900. (https://ngataonga.org.nz/)

Released in 1900 — 2 minutes