The birth of a nation and the Civil War films of D.W. Griffith

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DVD

The birth of a nation [videorecording] ; and the Civil War films of D.W. Griffith / 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.

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 (Added Author). Wood, Bret. (Added Author). Shepard, David. (Added Author). Woods, Frank E. (Added Author). Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 (Added Author). Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968 (Added Author). Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936 (Added Author). Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944 (Added Author). Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976 (Added Author). Harron, Robert, 1894-1920 (Added Author). Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923 (Added Author). Love, Bessie. (Added Author). Lincoln, Elmo, 1889-1952 (Added Author). Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980 (Added Author). Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974 (Added Author). Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937 (Added Author). Breil, Joseph Carl, 1870-1926 (Added Author). Mirsalis, Jon C. (Added Author). Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946 Clansman. (Added Author). Kino International Corporation. (Added Author). Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Bessie Love, Elmo Lincoln, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crisp, Ralph Lewis. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (187 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, c2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Videodisc release of the 1915 motion picture.

Based on the novel The clansman, by Thomas Dixon.
Formatted Contents Note:: Disc 1. The birth of a nation -- Disc 2. The making of The birth of a nation -- Filmed prologue to The birth of a nation -- In the border states -- The house with closed shutters -- The fugitive -- His trust -- His trust fulfilled -- Swords and hearts -- The battle -- New York vs. The birth of a nation (an archive of information documenting the battles over the film's 1922 re-release.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: 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.
Participant or Performer Note:: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Bessie Love, Elmo Lincoln, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crisp, Ralph Lewis.
System Details Note:: DVD; NTSC.
Language Note:: Silent dialog with music.