The birth of a nation - DVD : and the Civil War films of D.W. Griffith
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Drama.
Epic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Drama.
Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- Drama.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama.
Short films.
Silent films.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
Video recordings.
War films.
Other Subjects
Historical -- Feature.
Silent.

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Published
New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2002].
Format
DVD
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (187 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
738329026622

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Creation/Production Credits
Produced for video by David Shepard ; supplemental disc produced by Bret Wood ; original score by Joseph Carl Breil ; supplemental music composed and performed by Jon C. Mirsalis.
Participants/Performers
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crisp.
Description
Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Description
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.
Additional Physical Form
Adapted from the novel: The clansman / by Thomas Dixon.
Original Version
Videodisc release of the 1915 motion picture.
System Details
DVD, NTSC.
Language
Silent, with music accompaniment.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Griffith, D. W. 1., Woods, F. E., Bitzer, G. W., Breil, J. C., Mirsalis, J. C., Gish, L., Marsh, M., Walthall, H. B. 1., Cooper, M., Alden, M., Lewis, R., Siegmann, G., Long, W., Harron, R., Reid, W., Henabery, J., Clifton, E., Crowell, J., Aitken, S., Beranger, G. A., Walsh, R., Crisp, D., Huston, W., & Dixon, T., Jr. (2002). The birth of a nation - DVD: and the Civil War films of D.W. Griffith (Standard format.). Kino on Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

D. W. 1875-1948. Griffith et al.. 2002. The Birth of a Nation - DVD: And the Civil War Films of D.W. Griffith. Kino on Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

D. W. 1875-1948. Griffith et al.. The Birth of a Nation - DVD: And the Civil War Films of D.W. Griffith Kino on Video, 2002.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Griffith, D. W. 1875-1948., et al. The Birth of a Nation - DVD: And the Civil War Films of D.W. Griffith Standard format., Kino on Video, 2002.

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