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The Melbourne Cup Archives: The Early Years
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Air Date: Fri 16 Oct 2020

Look back at highlights from 1896 to 1929

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The Melbourne Cup Archives: The Early Years

Look back at highlights from 1896 to 1929

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The Melbourne Cup Archives: 1930's

Look back at highlights from the 1930's

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The Melbourne Cup Archives: 1940's

Look back at highlights from the 1940's

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The Melbourne Cup Archives: 1950's

Look back at highlights from the 1950's

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The Melbourne Cup Archives: 1960's

Look back at highlights from the 1960's

Archives

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Phar Lap Wins the Melbourne Cup

Legendary Thoroughbred wins the 1930 Melbourne Cup

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1930 Melbourne Cup

Footage from the 1930 Melbourne Cup

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Peter Pan Wins

1932: The Thoroughbred's first of two Melbourne Cup wins

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The Greats

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Nightmarch

The 1929 winner

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Phar Lap

Big Red in 1930. The greatest horse of all.

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Peter Pan - 1st Win

Peter Pan's first win in 1932

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Hall Mark

The 1933 Melbourne Cup Winner

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Peter Pan - 2nd Win

Peter Pan wins again in 1934

Bart Cummings

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Light Fingers in 1965

Bart Cummings' first Melbourne Cup Win

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Galilee in 1966

Bart Cummings goes back to back

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Red Handed in 1967

From the back of the pack Red Handed gave Bart his third Cup in three years

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Think Big in 1974

Think Big's first win

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Think Big in 1975

Bart goes back to back again thanks to Think Big

The Early Years

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1896

One of Australia's oldest surviving films shows Newhaven winning by six lengths. The film is silent.

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1907

The Cup at the start of the 20th Century. Won by Apologue. The film is silent.

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1915

While World War 1 continues in Europe, Patrobas wins in Melbourne

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1916

The crowds gather at Flemington to see Sasanof win. The film is silent.

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1929

Nightmarch storms home for a classic win. Cameras are now in the stands allowing for better footage.

Features

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Derby Day History

Family Derby Double - Tulloch and Nothin Leica Dane

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Derby Day History

Damien Oliver on Redding and Preferment

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Derby Day History

We look back at Mahogany and Efficent

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History of the Melbourne Cup

The establishment and history of the Melbourne Cup

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The Cups of the 90's

The Cup goes international and Bart wins four cups

More From The Archives

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Harry White

Australian Racing Hall of Fame jockey Harry White is regarded as one of this nation’s greatest riders

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History of the Melbourne Cup Carnival

A Brief History of the Great Day

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The Melbourne Cup Carnival

One of the World’s Most Renowned and Successful Horseracing Events

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Melbourne Cup Winners

Phar Lap, Archer and Makybe Diva, forever penned into the archives

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The Melbourne Cup's Origins

Where it all started

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