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dec 26, 1906 - World’s first feature film

Description:

The Story of the Kelly Gang opened at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne. It was the first multi-reel, feature-length film ever produced in the world.

The film caused controversy by presenting the Kelly gang sympathetically. The Victorian government tried to censor it but the public flocked to screenings around Australia and then internationally

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Date:

dec 26, 1906
Now
~ 118 years ago