The birth of a nation [videorecording (DVD)] / Title on container: David Wark Griffith presents the birth of a nation produced ... by D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken]; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods ; David W. Griffith Corporation - Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c1992. - 1 videodisc (187 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - Blackhawk Films collection .

Adapted from: The clansman / Thomas Dixon Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1915 Some segments are color tinted and some are sepia toned Special features: The making of The birth of a nation, compiled and written by Russell Merritt, produced and narrated by David Shepard, and produced by Film Preservation Associates in 1992 (24 min.); other related materials

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 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

Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh


DVD; Dolby digital stereo, standard version.


Silent film with English intertitles; music sound track added in 1992


Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869)--Drama.


Feature films.
Silent films.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Drama.


United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama.

791.4372 / BIR 1992