The Birth of a nation ; and the Civil War films of D.W. Griffith / D.W. Griffith presents ; produced under the direction of D.W. Griffith ; produced for video by David Shepard ; supplemental disc produced by Bret Wood ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
A Civil War spectacular. Portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War as revealed in a story depicting the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade Negroes, 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
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (187 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: New York : Kino on Video, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
General Note: | Videodisc release of the 1915 motion picture. Based on the novel The clansman, by Thomas Dixon. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director, D.W. Griffith ; writers, D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods ; photographer, William Bitzer ; original score by Joseph Carl Breil ; supplemental music composed and performed by Jon C. Mirsalis. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Bessie Love, Elmo Lincoln, Raoul Walsh, Donald Crisp, Ralph Lewis. |
System Details Note: | DVD. |
Language Note: | Silent dialog with music. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Ku Klux Klan (19th century) Birth of a nation (Motion picture) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Drama. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama. |
Genre: | Historical films. Feature films. Silent films. Short films. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Greenwood PL - Greenwood | MOVIE Birth (Text) | All discs - DVD | 36626102497039 | 2nd Floor Adult Media | Available | - |
Newburgh Chandler PL - Bell Road Library | DVD BIRTH (2 DISCS) (WAR) (Text) | All discs - DVD | 39206019349917 | Audiovisual - DVD | Available | - |
Peabody PL - Columbia City | DVD FILM BIRTH (Text) | All discs - DVD | 30403001543073 | DVD - Film | Available | - |
Porter County PL - Portage Public Library | BIR (Text) | All discs - DVD | 33410011887975 | Adult Video Entertainment | Available | - |