Phase 1 Programme Notes Dickinson taught his cinema course in two phases. The first phase being, Phase One: The Silent Film, the second being, Phase Two: The Early Sound Film. This series contains programme notes and lists relating to Phase One, films covering the period up to circa 1929. [This information has been taken from Thorold Dickinson's book, 'A Discovery of Cinema', Oxford Universy Press, London, 1971. In this book Dickinson also speaks of 'Phase Three: The Modern Sound Film', which covers the late 1950s onwards.] 1965-1971