Movies are probably the most popular from of entertainment today. Today's full-length movies began with short motion pictures developed in France in the late 1800s by the Lumiere brothers. However, the world's first full-length movie, The Story of the Kelly Gang, came from Australia. This silent movie, which showed the life of the notorious criminal Ned Kelly, opened at the Melbourne Town Hall on December 26, 1906. It was over an hour long.