| Description |
1 DVD (187 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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video file |
| Series |
Blackhawk Films collection
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Blackhawk Films collection.
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| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Note |
Based on the play The clansman, by Thomas Dixon. |
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Title on container: David Wark Griffith presents The birth of a nation. |
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Originally produced as motion picture in 1915. |
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Includes 24-minute film The making of The birth of a nation, by Russell Merritt and David Shepard. |
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"ID4674DSDVD." |
| Credits |
Original score by Joseph Carl Breil ; conducted by Eric Beheim ; produced for video by David Shepard. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Birth of a nation (Motion picture)
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Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- Drama.
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Ku Klux Klan (19th century) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Merritt, Russell.
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Shepard, David.
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Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946.
Clansman.
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Blackhawk Films.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Film Preservation Associates.
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| Added Title |
Clansman |
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David Wark Griffith presents The Birth of a nation |
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Making of The Birth of a nation |
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