The Birth of a nation

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 (Added Author). Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 (Added Author). Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968 (Added Author). Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936 (Added Author). Cooper, Miriam. (Added Author). Alden, Mary. (Added Author). Dixon, Thomas 1864-1946 Clansman. (Added Author).

Summary: A civil war spectacular that portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War. The story depicts the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade blacks, 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0778604292
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (videodisc) (175 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: St-Laurent, Quebec, Canada : Madacy Entertainment Group, c2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Videodisc release of the 1915 motion picture. Based on the novel: "The clansman" by Thomas Dixon. Silent dialog with music and English subtitles.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director/producer, D.W. Griffith ; writers, D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods ; photography, William Bitzer ; original score, Joseph Breil ; score compiled and reorchestrated by R.J. Miller.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	PPR Criterion -- College of the Rockies.