An overview of early epic films including "Pope Leo XIII" (1897), "Ben-Hur" (1907), "Brutus" (1909), "Quo Vadis" (1912), "Judith of Bethulia" (1913), "Spartacus" (1913), "Cabiria" (1914), and "Intolerance" (1916).
A look at early adventure films including "Life of an American Fireman" (1903), "Rescued by Rover" (1905), "Rescued from an Eagle's Nest" (1908), and serials "Fantomas" (1913-1914), "The Perils of Pauline" (1914), and "Judex" (1916-1918).