The birth of a nation
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The birth of a nation
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The work The birth of a nation represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- The birth of a nation
- Statement of responsibility
- produced ... by D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken]; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods ; David W. Griffith Corporation
- Title variation
- David Wark Griffith presents the birth of a nation
- Contributor
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- Walthall, Henry B., (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936
- Film Preservation Associates
- Film Preservation Associates
- Image Entertainment (Firm)
- Image Entertainment (Firm)
- Aitken, Harry E., 1870-1956
- Aitken, Harry E., 1870-1956
- Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976
- Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976
- Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946
- Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
- Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
- Griffith, D. W., (David Wark), 1875-1948
- Griffith, D. W., (David Wark), 1875-1948
- Harron, Robert, 1894-1920
- Harron, Robert, 1894-1920
- Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968
- Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968
- Walthall, Henry B., (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936
- Woods, Frank E
- Woods, Frank E
- Subject
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- Feature films -- United States
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- Drama
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- Drama
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama
- Silent films
- Silent films
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama
- Video recordings
- Video recordings
- Videorecording
- Birth of a nation (Motion picture)
- Drama
- Drama
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This epic story of the Civil War as seen through the lives of two families is a controversial classic of film history
- Cataloging source
- SUC
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- 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
- Language note
- Silent film with English intertitles; music sound track added in 1992
- PerformerNote
- Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh
- Runtime
- 187
- Series statement
- Blackhawk Films collection
- Target audience
- general
- Technique
- live action
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