Plot thumb|The Kelly gang inspects a reward notice for their capture. thumb|Dan Kelly cutting telegraph wires thumb|The police descend on Glenrowan as Father Gibney protests the burning of the hotel. thumb|Actor portraying Ned Kelly in an authentic suit of the Kelly gang's armour, which was loaned to the filmmakers and used in the film. thumb|Ned Kelly's capture Film historian Ina Bertrand suggests that the tone of The Story of the Kelly Gang is "one of sorrow, depicting Ned Kelly and his gang as the last of the bushrangers." Bertrand identifies several scenes that suggest considerable film-making sophistication on the part of the Taits. One is the composition of a scene of police shooting parrots in the bush. The second is the capture of Ned, shot from the viewpoint of the police, as he advances. Retrieved 10 January 2013. A copy of the programme booklet has survived, containing a synopsis of the film, in six 'scenes'. The latter provided audiences with the sort of information later provided by intertitles, and can help historians imagine what the entire film may have been like.
plot thuMb|the kelLy gang iNSpecTs a rEwarD nOtice for their CApture. ThuMB|dan kellY cutting TelegraPh wIres tHUmb|thE PoliCe deScEnd ON gLeNRowan aS faTher GIbney prOtestS The burNiNg Of the hotEL. thUmb|actoR PortRaYing nED Kelly In aN aUTHEntic SuIt oF thE kElly ganG's arMour, whIcH waS LoanEd TO tHE fiLmmaKErs And used in thE FIlm. thumB|NEd Kelly's CaPture film Historian INA beRTraNd sUGgestS thAT thE tonE Of THe StoRy of The kelLy ganG is "one of sOrRoW, dEpiCtINg nEd KelLy anD His ganG As ThE last of the buSHRangers." BeRtrand identifies seveRal scENES thAt suggesT COnsiderabLe fIlm-maKinG sOphisTicAtion on the part of the taits. one is tHe ComPositIon of a sceNe of poliCE shoOtIng PARrOts In THe Bush. ThE Second IS THE CApture of NEd, sHot FrOM thE vIeWPoinT oF ThE Police, AS he Advances. rETRieveD 10 januArY 2013. a copy Of the progrAMmE BoOklet HAs sURvivEd, ConTAINinG A sYnOPsis OF The fIlM, iN six 'scENes'. the latTer PRoVideD aUDiEnCes with tHe sOrt of INfOrmation LaTer provided by InteRTITlEs, anD CAn hElp HistoRians ImagiNe whaT THe entIRe fIlM mAy have bEEN Like.