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A 1906 Australian film ran a full hour

The Australian film is often called the first feature length narrative Made in Australia in 1906, The Story of the Kelly Gang ran for roughly an hour and told a single continuous story, which was unusual at a time when most films lasted minutes. Only fragments survive today. Australia was then one of the most active film-producing countries in the world. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The Australian film is often called the first feature length narrative. The figure is taken from National Film and Sound Archive, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.