TY - ADVS AU - Griffith,D.W. AU - Aitken,Harry E. AU - Gish,Lillian AU - Walthall,Henry B. AU - Marsh,Mae AU - Cooper,Miriam AU - Harron,Robert AU - Reid,Wallace AU - Crisp,Donald AU - Walsh,Raoul AU - Bitzer,G.W. AU - Von Stroheim,Erich AU - Dixon,Thomas ED - Film Preservation Associates. ED - Image Entertainment (Firm) TI - The birth of a nation AV - PN1997 .B553 1992 PY - 1992///] CY - Chatsworth, CA PB - Image Entertainment [distributor KW - Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.) KW - Drama KW - Birth of a nation (Motion picture) KW - Feature films KW - Silent films KW - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) KW - United States KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 N1 - Adapted from: The clansman / Thomas Dixon; Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1915; Some segments are color tinted and some are sepia toned; Special features: The making of The birth of a nation, compiled and written by Russell Merritt, produced and narrated by David Shepard, and produced by Film Preservation Associates in 1992 (24 min.); other related materials; Photography, G.W. Bitzer; music, Joseph Carl Breil; assistant directors, Eric Von Stroheim, Jack Conway & Raoul Walsh; produced for video by David Shepard and Film Preservation Associates; Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh; Not rated N2 - This epic story of the Civil War as seen through the lives of two families is a controversial classic of film history ER -