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Produced by Herbert Booth Release date 13 September 1901 Language Silent Budget 500 GBP Cinematography Joseph Perry | 6.1/10 IMDb Production
company Limelight Department Country Australian Initial release 13 September 1900 Production company Limelight Department Distributed by The Salvation Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Similar The Story of the Kelly Gang, The Sentimental Bloke, Gallipoli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soldiers of the Cross was an illustrated lecture, combining photographic glass slides with short dramatised film segments and orchestral or choir music to relate the stories of Christ and the early Christian martyrs.
It was made in Australia by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army and was released in 1901.
It initially consisted of 200 glass slides and 15 films, each film running for approximately 90 seconds. The presentation took slightly over two hours.
It is not the world's first feature film but it has been argued it is the first narrative drama film presentation.
No motion picture film from Soldiers of the Cross is known to have survived. However some glass slides of the production remain.
References
Soldiers of the Cross (film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA