The birth of a nation / produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.

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Recounts the events leading up to and immediately fter the Civil War. Ben Cameron, a brave yet disillusioned Confederate soldier, creates a covert group of impassioned Southerners called the Ku Klux Klan as an answer to the supposed problem of the rise and rule of blacks and carpetbaggers. Bent on r...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Alpha Video Distributors
Other Authors:	Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 Woods, Frank E. Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944 Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968 Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937 Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923 Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936 Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Silent film with English intertitles; music sound track added in 1992.
Published:	Narberth, PA : Alpha Video, 2005.
Series:	Alpha video classics. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Ku Klux Klan (19th century) > Drama. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Drama. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama. Drama. History. Ku Klux Klan (19th century) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1861 - 1877 United States. Feature films. Silent films. Historical films.
Genre:	Drama. History. Feature films. Silent films. Historical films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (192 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	D.W. Griffith's 1915 masterpiece.
Format:	Video DVD

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