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The birth of a nation, and, The Civil War films of D.W. Griffith / directed by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by D.W. Griffith & Frank E. Woods.
LIBRA DVD 009 160 discs 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Griffith masterworks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946--Film adaptations.
- Dixon, Thomas.
- Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946.
- Race relations.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1961-1865--Drama.
- United States.
- Ku Klux Klan--Drama.
- Ku Klux Klan.
- United States--Race relations--Drama.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Color tinted.
- Other Title:
- Civil War films of D.W. Griffith
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2002]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The main feature is the story of two families, northern and southern, during and after the American Civil War.
- Contents:
- Civil War shorts directed by D.W. Griffith: In the border States. 1910 (16 min.)
- The house with closed shutters. 1910 (17 min.)
- The fugitive. 1910 (17 min.)
- His trust. 1910 (14 min.)
- His trust fulfilled. 1910. (11 min.)
- Swards and hearts. 1991. (16 min.)
- The battle. 1911. (17 min.)
- Participant:
- Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Ralph Lewis.
- Credits:
- Photography, G.W. Bitzer ; original score by Joseph Carl Breil; supplemental music composed and performed by Jon C. Mirsalis ; produced for video by David Shepard.
- Notes:
- Issued in slipcase as part of seven-DVD boxed set.
- Special contents bear copyright 1992.
- Special features: "The making of Birth of a Nation", 1992; (24 min.) / produced by David Shepard; Filmed prologue to "The Birth of a Nation", 1930 (6 min.) featuring D.W. Griffith and Walter Huston; New York vs. "The birth of a nation" (archival materials)
- Main feature: from the novel The Clansman by Thomas Dixon.
- OCLC:
- 187522983
- Publisher Number:
- 738329026622
- K266 Kino on Video
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