Series of 27 Films tracing the history of the motion picture from the inception of silent movies, through the middle and late 1920s, to the inauguration of the the revolutionary talking movie. Great classics of the screen are presented in meticulously edit form, retaining all the ingredients for which they were justly famous. New musical scores, in the spirit of original scores, enhance their value for today's audiences, while narration points out the film's significance in motion picture history and provides an interesting commentary on the craftsmen who made them.