It played in cinemas on and off until World War I. Screenings were usually accompanied by an actor, who would provide descriptive commentary to what was on screen.
The antediluvian datings stemmed mostly from a descriptive commentary in an 8th-century work called Iraiyanar AgapporuL, about the existence of three Tamil Academies; they have now been rejected as being devoid of any archeological/linguistic evidence.
The Expressionist Image, exhibition catalogue with introductory essay and descriptive commentary, Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, 1978.
That experience has led to a 1,000-page manuscript that Mr. Bell is trying to have published and a series of descriptive commentaries being broadcast on all three stations of Connecticut Public Radio.
Seldom, in technical research, has such a treasure of descriptive commentary and historical documentation been discovered.