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Wikipedia article
'The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War' was a 1900 New Zealand documentary film.
This is the oldest surviving New Zealand film and was produced by Alfred Henry Whitehouse.
The earliest New Zealand films being from the first of December 1898, the opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition, and Boxing Day that year, Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse.