The Picture that Might Have Been: The Story of the Kelly Gang

Mike Walsh looks at The Story of the Kelly Gang (Charles Tait, 1906), reputed to be one of the first feature films made in the world and recently released on DVD. Looks at what the production of such a long film in 1906 indicates about the Australian industry at that time, arranging the fragments of the film, responses to Australian film and the possibilities of the DVD.