The Birth of a Nation
October 28, 2008The Birth of a Nation
Call Number: VHS 00025 Copy 1
VHS 00025 Copy 2
VHS 00025 Copy 3
VHS 00025 Copy 4
by D W Griffith; Thomas Dixon;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher:
Copy 1,2: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1991]
Copy 3: New York, NY: Kino Video, 1993, ©1915.
Copy 4: Indianapolis, Ind. : Kartes Video Communications, [198-?]
Notes: Originally released in 1915 (154 mins.)
Copy 3 edition notes: includes a 30-minute epilogue with rare stills and outtake footage
Copy 4 edition notes: 94 mins.,This collector’s edition of The Birth of a Nation was made from a 1933 print produced under the personal supervision of D.W. Griffith. It includes the orginal musical score for the movie which was adapted by Griffith to the 24 frames-per-second running speed needed for sound
Summary: A civil war spectacular that portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War. The story depicts the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade blacks, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man’s honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan.
OCLC #: 24232563
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
