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The birth of a nation
Title
The birth of a nation / produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Published
Narberth, PA : Alpha Video, 2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (192 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1915.
Based on the novel The Clansman, by Thomas Dixon.
Photography, G.W. Bitzer.
Silent film with English intertitles; music sound track added in 1992.
Summary
Recounts the events leading up to and immediately fter the Civil War. Ben Cameron, a brave yet disillusioned Confederate soldier, creates a covert group of impassioned Southerners called the Ku Klux Klan as an answer to the supposed problem of the rise and rule of blacks and carpetbaggers. Bent on revenge, Ben leads his KKK followers in a war to suppress the black threat to white society, ultimately restoring "order" to his beloved South.
Variant and related titles
At head of title on disc: D.W. Griffith's 1915 masterpiece.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2019
Series
Alpha Video classics.
Credits
Photography, G.W. Bitzer.
Cast
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Ralph Lewis, Wallace Reid, Henry Walthall.
System details note
DVD.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Silent films.
Historical films.
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