Technical quality was an important aspect of the production. Silent films had often been screened on television from poor-quality copies running at an inaccurate speed, usually accompanied by honky tonky piano music. "Hollywood" used silent film clips sourced from the best available material, shown at their original running speed via a polygonal prism telecine, and with an orchestral score, giving viewers a chance to see what they originally looked and sounded like. For instance, the first episode features a clip of "Life of an American Fireman", produced in 1903 with the aforementioned stereotypical poor quality print and music and then compares that with a clip of "The Fire Brigade", produced over two decades later in 1926, in a high quality print run at the proper speed with full orchestral accompaniment.