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title
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The birth of a nation and the Civil War films of D.W. Griffith [videorecording].
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edition
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Standard format.
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published
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New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, c2002.
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description
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2 videodiscs (325 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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series
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 Griffith masterworks
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all locations
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Availability
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location
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St. Mary's College of Maryland DVD (at Circ-Desk) | PN1997 .B5294k 2002 Holdings Availability
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location
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UMBC Library Media Stacks | UMDVD 1053 Holdings Availability
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location
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UMCP HBK Nonprint Media Srvs Desk - DVD | PN1997 .B5533 2002 Holdings Availability
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notes
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Collective title from container.
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notes
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DVD, NTSC.
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language
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Silent, with English intertitles & musical accompaniment.
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notes
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Cast for Birth of a nation: Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Ralph Lewis.
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summary
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The most popular silent film of all time, this Civil War epic focuses on the northern Stoneman family and the southern Cameron family before, during, and after the Civil War. Portrays life in the South during Reconstruction as rife with conflict between the defeated southern whites and the emancipated, renegade Blacks, which is resolved through the inception of the Ku Klux Klan.
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contents
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[Disc 1] (211 min.). The birth of a nation (1915, tinted b&w, 187 min.) / produced exclusively by D.W. Griffith ; production under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods ; photography, G.W. Bitzer ; adapted from Thomas Dixon’s novel "The Clansman"[ ; original score by Joseph Carl Breil ; supplemental music composed and performed by Jon C. Mirsalis] -- The making of The birth of a nation (1993, sd., b&w, 24 min.) / Film Preservation Associates ; compiled and written by Russell Merritt ; produced by David Shepard ; directed by Robert G. Beecher --
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[Disc 2] (114 min.): [Prelude to The birth of a nation] (1930, sd., b&w, 6 min.) / [conversation between D.W. Griffith and Walter Huston] -- In the border states (1910, b&w, 16 min.) / Biograph Company[ ; written by Stanner E.V. Taylor ; directed by D.W. Griffith] -- The house with closed shutters (1910, b&w, 17 min.) / Biograph Company[ ; written by Emmett C. Hall ; directed by D.W. Griffith] -- The fugitive (1910, b&w, 17 min.) / Biograph Company[ ; written by J. McDonagh ; directed by D.W. Griffith] -- His trust (1911, b&w, 14 min.) / Biograph Company[ ; written by Emmett C. Hall ; directed by D.W. Griffith ; musical setting compiled and arranged by Robert Israel] -- His trust fulfilled (1910, b&w, 11 min.) / Biograph Company[ ; written by Emmett C. Hall ; directed by D.W. Griffith] -- Swords and hearts (1911, b&w, 16 min.) / Biograph Company[ ; written by Emmett C. Hall ; directed by D.W. Griffith] -- The battle (1911, b&w, 17 min.) / Biograph Company[ ; written and directed by D.W. Griffith] -- New York vs. The birth of a nation (documents of attempted censorship of the film by the NAACP in 1922) -- Posters, ads, souvenir programs -- Excerpts from the novel -- "D.W. Griffith on the making of ’The birth of a nation’" (contemporaneous article originally published in the Oct. 1916 issue of Photoplay Magazine).
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terms of use
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"Licensed only for private home use" -- Container.
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subjects
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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.) -- Drama.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Drama.
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Historical films.
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War films.
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Epic films.
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Silent films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Short films.
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other author
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Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936.
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Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
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Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
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Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937.
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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Woods, Frank E.
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Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944.
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Breil, Joseph Carl, 1870-1926.
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Mirsalis, Jon C.
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Taylor, Stanner E. V., 1877-1948.
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Hall, Emmett Campbell, b. 1882.
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Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946. Clansman.
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other author
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Biograph Company.
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Kino International Corporation.
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other title
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Birth of a nation (Motion picture)
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other title
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Making of The birth of a nation.
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In the border states.
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House with closed shutters.
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Fugitive.
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His trust.
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His trust fulfilled.
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Swords and hearts.
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Battle.
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format
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Videos/Films (all)
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Videos - DVD, videodiscs
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UPC code
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738329026622
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