Story of the Kelly Gang, The

Aroview: Thought to be the world’s first ever feature film, this dramatic recreation of the Ned Kelly outback legend stands as a remarkable artifact of Australian and Silent Cinema.

Billed at the turn of the century as the longest film ever made, it preceded D.W.Griffith’s BIRTH OF A NATION by nine years. What’s left of the film today has been restored lucidly by the Australian National Film & Sound Archive.

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