The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.

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Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin

1925

Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North

1922

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

1915

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

Opening of the Kiel Canal

Opening of the Kiel Canal

1895

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011

Lumiere's First Picture Shows

2013

Besuch des Zaren auf der russischen Botschaft

1896

The Celebration of Saint George

1905

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

1908

Mode Reville

Mode Reville

1929

One Second in Montreal

One Second in Montreal

1969

Weaving Women

1905

Cabiria

Cabiria

1914

Satan's Bite

Satan's Bite

2018

Princess Clementina

1911

Two Lovers

Two Lovers

1928

The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920

The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920

1968