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The birth of a nation [videorecording] / produced ... by D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken]; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods ; David W. Griffith Corporation.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: ID4674DSDVD | Image EntertainmentSeries: Blackhawk Films collectionPublication details: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributor, 1992].Description: 1 videodisc (187 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Title on container: David Wark Griffith presents the birth of a nation
Uniform titles:
  • Birth of a nation (Motion picture)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .B553 1992
  • PN1995.75
Production credits:
  • 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.
Cast: Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh.Summary: This epic story of the Civil War as seen through the lives of two families is a controversial classic of film history.
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DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD Birth (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 49941

DVD; Dolby digital stereo; standard version.

Silent film with English intertitles; music sound track added in 1992.

Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh.

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.

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.

Not rated.

This epic story of the Civil War as seen through the lives of two families is a controversial classic of film history.

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.

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