It's strange that this is actually the world's first feature film; strange because it's Australian. Moving pictures were arguably invented in the US, but countries like France and England were very, very quick to catch on. However, it was a country that was considered backward to an extreme degree by the rest of the world who gave us the first full length movie; and Australia had only been an actual country for 5 years! The above is just a portion of the feature, but it's pretty action packed. Based, of course, on the famous Ned Kelly of the outback; this is the first film ever made about him. It was remade in 1920. Happy Labour Day Australia!
Monday, October 7, 2013
The Story Of The Kelly Gang (1906) Portion
It's strange that this is actually the world's first feature film; strange because it's Australian. Moving pictures were arguably invented in the US, but countries like France and England were very, very quick to catch on. However, it was a country that was considered backward to an extreme degree by the rest of the world who gave us the first full length movie; and Australia had only been an actual country for 5 years! The above is just a portion of the feature, but it's pretty action packed. Based, of course, on the famous Ned Kelly of the outback; this is the first film ever made about him. It was remade in 1920. Happy Labour Day Australia!
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Cool! Lots of trivia there, good to know! :)
ReplyDeleteI'd like to get my hands on the whole film to upload to You Tube, but you practically have to go to Australia to find it! Can't even find a way to order it. Hopefully, a company like Kino will show interest in it. Kinda surprised that someone hasn't "You Tubed" before now.
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