SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS (1900 - silent b/w)

Director: Herbert Booth & Joseph Perry

Writer: Herbert Booth & Joseph Perry

Beatrice Day, John Jones, Harold Graham.

Often claimed to be the world's first feature film, however it was more of a multi-media presentation. Produced by and for the Salvation Army, it is essentially Christian propaganda, delivered as several segmented short pieces narratologically joined by the presentation of slides and other media. Toured Australia, and later the United States, to great success.