A film that runs for 40 minutes or longer, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American Film Institute, and British Film Institute is called feature film.
The Story of the Kelly Gang is the world’s first full-length feature film directed by Charles Tait. Filmed outside Melbourne was made a hundred years ago in Australia about the notorious outlaw with the unusual body-armour. Hugely popular when it was first released in 1906.
Majority of the film is missing, and a substantial part of what remains is significantly damaged. In fact, there remains a debate as to how long the film actually was, with estimates ranging from 40 to 70 minutes.
The Story of Kelly Gang‘s style of acting reflects the popular style of melodramatic gesture. Even so, a lot is communicated. For a long period of time, it was thought that only nine minutes of the film survived. However, in 2006, an additional seven minutes was uncovered in the British National Film and Television Archive, which was subsequently restored to its best possible condition by the NFSA (National Film and Sound Archive, Australia) and the Haghefilm preservation laboratories in Amsterdam.
The first shot we have available displays an act of police brutality – a policeman attempts to physically harass a woman – but she is saved by one of the Kelly gang. For the first time in film history, the audience is presented with moral ambiguity and complex characterization. You feel little sympathy for the policeman when he is held at gun point.
If you anyone is interested in watching more fragments do watch the link below its the part 2 of the above video :
(part 2 is majorly damaged)
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