E1 - Where It All Began

Aired: October 01, 1995

Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.

E2 - Art's Promised Land

Aired: October 08, 1995

Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.

E3 - The Unchained Camera

Aired: October 15, 1995

Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.

E4 - The Music of Light

Aired: October 22, 1995

Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

E5 - Opportunity Lost

Aired: October 29, 1995

Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.

E6 - End of an Era

Aired: November 05, 1995

Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.