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The birth of a nation [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: Chatsworth, Calif. : Image Entertainment, c1998.Description: 1 videodisc (187 min.) : sd., col. tint ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997
Production credits:
  • Producers, D.W. Griffith & Harry E. Aitken ; director, D.W. Griffith ; assistant directors, Eric Von Stroheim, Jack Conway & Raoul Walsh ; writers, D.W. Griffith & Frank E. Woods ; photography, G.W. Bitzer ; produced for video by Film Preservation Associates.
Cast: Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh.Summary: This epic story of the Civil War as seen through the lives of two families is a controversial classic of film history.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0079 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050089299

Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1915.

Adapted from Thomas Dixon's novel, The clansman.

"From the Blackhawk Films collection"--disc label.

Includes The making of The birth of a nation, produced by Film Preservation Associates in 1993 (24 min.), and other related materials.

DVD; Dolby digital stereo.

Silent film with English intertitles and music sound track added.

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