''The Early Day Christian Martyrs'' was a short film made in 1900 by the

Limelight Department The Limelight Department was one of the world's first film studios, beginning in 1898, operated by The Salvation Army in Melbourne, Australia. The Limelight Department produced evangelistic material for use by the Salvation Army, including lan ...

of The Salvation Army in Australia. It ran for 100 feet., and was the first narrative film produced in Australia. It is likely footage from the film wound up in ''

Soldiers of the Cross The Evangelical International Church of the Soldiers of the Cross of Christ (also known as the Soldiers of the Cross Church) was organized in the early 1920s by an American businessman named Ernest William Sellers, who began holding evening relig ...

''.''Soldiers of the Cross''
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National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...

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* Australian historical films Australian silent short films 1900 films Australian black-and-white films Limelight Department films 1900s historical films {{Australia-silent-film-stub