The Resource The birth of a nation, produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods
The birth of a nation, produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods
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The item The birth of a nation, produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item The birth of a nation, produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- Recounts the events leading up to and immediately fter the Civil War. Ben Cameron, a brave yet disillusioned Confederate soldier, creates a covert group of impassioned Southerners called the Ku Klux Klan as an answer to the supposed problem of the rise and rule of blacks and carpetbaggers. Bent on revenge, Ben leads his KKK followers in a war to suppress the black threat to white society, ultimately restoring "order" to his beloved South
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (192 min.)
- Note
-
- Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1915
- Based on the novel The Clansman, by Thomas Dixon
- Label
- The birth of a nation
- Title
- The birth of a nation
- Statement of responsibility
- produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods
- Title variation
- D.W. Griffith's 1915 masterpiece
- Subject
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- 1861-1877
- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Historical films
- Historical films
- History
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- Drama
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama
- Silent films
- Silent films
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recounts the events leading up to and immediately fter the Civil War. Ben Cameron, a brave yet disillusioned Confederate soldier, creates a covert group of impassioned Southerners called the Ku Klux Klan as an answer to the supposed problem of the rise and rule of blacks and carpetbaggers. Bent on revenge, Ben leads his KKK followers in a war to suppress the black threat to white society, ultimately restoring "order" to his beloved South
- Cataloging source
- UAI
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Photography, G.W. Bitzer
- Dewey number
- 813.52
- Language note
- Silent film with English intertitles; music sound track added in 1992
- LC call number
- PS3507.I93
- LC item number
- C5 2005
- PerformerNote
- Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Ralph Lewis, Wallace Reid, Henry Walthall
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1875-1948
- 1872-1944
- 1893-1993
- 1895-1968
- 1872-1937
- 1891-1923
- 1878-1936
- 1864-1946
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Griffith, D. W.
- Woods, Frank E
- Bitzer, G. W.
- Gish, Lillian
- Marsh, Mae
- Lewis, Ralph
- Reid, Wallace
- Walthall, Henry B.
- Dixon, Thomas
- Alpha Video Distributors
- Runtime
- 192
- Series statement
- Alpha Video classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- United States
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- United States
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- The birth of a nation, produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods
- Note
-
- Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1915
- Based on the novel The Clansman, by Thomas Dixon
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm60756779
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (192 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 089218471697
- Other physical details
- sound, black and white
- Publisher number
- ALP 4716D
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD
- Video recording format
- laserdisc
- Label
- The birth of a nation, produced under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith [& Harry E. Aitken] ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods
- Note
-
- Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1915
- Based on the novel The Clansman, by Thomas Dixon
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm60756779
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (192 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 089218471697
- Other physical details
- sound, black and white
- Publisher number
- ALP 4716D
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD
- Video recording format
- laserdisc
Subject
- 1861-1877
- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Historical films
- Historical films
- History
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
- Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- Drama
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama
- Silent films
- Silent films
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama
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