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The Birth of a Nation
Call Number: VHS00213 Copy 1
VHS00213 Copy 2
VHS00213 Copy 3
by D W Griffith; Thomas Dixon;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Copy 1: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1991]
Copy 2: Indianapolis, Ind. : Kartes Video Communications, [198-?]
Copy 3: New York, NY: Kino Video, 1993, ©1915.
Notes: Originally released in 1915 (154 mins.); Copy 2 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; Copy 3 edition notes: includes a 30-minute epilogue with rare stills and outtake footage;
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
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Tags: Black and White, D.W. Griffith, History, Lillian Gish, Silent Films