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Birth of a nation
- Title
- Birth of a nation / directed by D. W. Griffith.
- Publication
- New York : Kino on Video, 1993.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Part 2 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual VRA-331 Part 2 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Part 1 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual VRA-331 Part 1 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 videocassettes (217 min.) : sound, tinted and black and white; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- A controversial 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.
- Series Statement
- The masterworks of D.W. Griffith
- Uniform Title
- Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)
- Masterworks of D.W. Griffith.
- Alternative Title
- D. W. Griffith's The birth of a nation.
- Making of The birth of a nation.
- Subjects
- Film adaptations
- War films
- Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869) Drama
- Feature films
- United States > Social conditions > 19th century > Drama
- Silent films
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Historical films
- Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Drama
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Historical films.
- Silent films.
- War films.
- Note
- Special contents of this edition : "The Making of The birth of a Nation" written by Russell Merritt, 1992. (30 min. ; sound, color and black and white).
- Story by D. W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1915.
- Remastered with orginal color tints, and with musical soundtrack added. Original 1930 score composed and compiled by Joseph Carl Breil; new orchestral score arranged and conducted by Eric Beheim.
- Based on the novel "The clansman" and the play "The Leopard's spots" by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
- Credits (note)
- Producer, D.W. Griffith ; story, D. W. Griffiths & Frank E. Woods ; photography, W. W. Bitzer and Karl Brown. original 1930 score composed and compiled by Joseph Carl Breil; new orchestral score arranged and conducted by Eric Beheim.
- Performer (note)
- Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-331
- OCLC
- 40874409
- 40874409
- Title
- Birth of a nation / directed by D. W. Griffith.
- Publisher
- New York : Kino on Video, 1993.
- Edition
- Special deluxe edition, collector's edition
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videocassette
- Series
- The masterworks of D.W. GriffithMasterworks of D.W. Griffith.
- Cast
- Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper.
- Credits
- Producer, D.W. Griffith ; story, D. W. Griffiths & Frank E. Woods ; photography, W. W. Bitzer and Karl Brown. original 1930 score composed and compiled by Joseph Carl Breil; new orchestral score arranged and conducted by Eric Beheim.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, film director, film producer, screenwriter.Woods, Frank E., screenwriter.Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976.Merritt, Russell, writer.Motion picture adaptation of (work) Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946. Clansman.Kino International Corporation.
- Added Title
- Making of The birth of a nation.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-331