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and, The Civil War films of D.W. Griffith
Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)
2 videodiscs (187 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
A Civil War spectacular. Portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War as revealed in a story depicting the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade Negroes, 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.
disc 1. The birth of a nation -- disc 2. Special features disc. The making of The birth of a nation (1992) (24 min.) ; Filmed prologue to The birth of a nation (1930) (6 min.) ; Civil War shorts directed by D.W. Griffith: In the border states (1910) (16 min.) ; The house with closed shutters (1910) (17 min.) ; The fugitive (1910) (17 min.) ; His trust (1910) (14 min.) ; His trust fulfilled (1910) (11 min.) ; Swords and hearts (1911) (16 min.) ; The battle (1911) (17 min.) ; New York vs. The birth of a nation (an archive of information documenting the battles over the film's 1922 re-release, including protests by the N.A.A.C.P., transcripts of meetings, legal documents, newspaper articles and a montage of scenes ordered cut by the New York Censor Board ; Excerpts from a Birth of a nation souvenir book (1915) and several original programs.
D.W. Griffith presents ; produced under the direction of D.W. Griffith ; produced for video by David Shepard ; supplemental disc produced by Bret Wood ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Based on the novel: The clansman / by Thomas Dixon.
Videodisc release of the 1915 motion picture.
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Bessie Love, Elmo Lincoln, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crisp, Ralph Lewis.
Director, D.W. Griffith ; writers, D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods ; photographer, William Bitzer ; original score by Joseph Carl Breil ; supplemental music composed and performed by Jon C. Mirsalis.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)