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Birth of a Nation

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Year released: 1915
MPAA Rating: [ G ]
Format: Black & White
Length: 192
Sound: DD2
Subtitles: Not Available
Studio: Alpha Video

Griffith Masterworks Set [7 Discs] [BOX SET]

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- Side #1 -- The Birth of a Nation
- Start Film
- Scene Selection
- Making Of
- Side #2 -- The Birth of a Nation Special Features
- Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" (1930)
- Play All Civil War Films
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- In the Border States
- The House With Closed Shutters
- The Fugitive
- His Trust
- His Trust Fulfilled
- Swords and Hearts
- The Battle
- Play All Shorts
- New York vs. "The Birth of a Nation"
- Introduction
- The Accusation
- The Response
- The Hearing
- The Decision
- The Censor's Cuts
- Play Video
- Postscript
- Posters, Ads, Souvenir Programs
- Excerpts From the Novel
- Illustrations
- Author's Preface
- Sample Chapters
- The Beat of a Sparrow's Wing (Excerpt)
- At the Dawn of Day
- The Hunt for the Animal
- Griffith Discusses the Film (Photoplay Magazine)
- Side #3 -- Intolerance
- Start Film
- Scene Selection
- Special Features
- Introduction by Orson Welles
- Excerpt of the Last Days of Pompeii (1913)
- Play Clip
- Excerpt of Cabiria (1914)
- Play Clip
- Excerpt of the Fall of Babylon (Alternate Ending)
- Play Clip
- Pamphlets
- About the Score
- The Book
- Side #4 -- Broken Blossoms
- Feature Start
- Chapter Selection
- Special Features
- Introduction by Lillian Gish
- "The Chink & the Child" (The Complete Text by Thomas Burke)
- About the Score
- "Broken Blossoms" the Song
- Play Song
- D.W. Griffith on Leading Ladies
- Side #5 -- Orphans of the Storm
- Play Film
- Scene Selections
- Special Features
- Introduction by Orson Welles
- Portfolio of Rare Griffith Photographs
- Rescued From the Eagle's Nest (1908)
- Play Film
- "The Story of David Wark Griffith"
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Part Four
- Part Five
- The True Story of "Intolerance"
- D.W. Griffith's Funeral Footage
- Eulogy for Griffith by Erich von Stroheim
- Side #6 -- Volume 1
- Play All Films
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- Those Awful Hats
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- The Sealed Room
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- Corner in Wheat
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- The Unchanging Sea
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- His Trust
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- The New York Hat
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- An Unseen Enemy
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- The Mothering Heart
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- Bonus Films
- The Adventures of Dollie
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- The Usurer
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- Enoch Arden
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- The Miser's Heart
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- Side #7 -- Volume 2
- Play All Films
- Select a Film
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley
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- The Burglar's Dilemma
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- The Sunbeam
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- The Painted Lady
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- One Is Business, the Other Crime
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- Death's Marathon
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- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
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- Bonus Film
- The Last Drop of Water
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- Friends
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- The Lesser Evil
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- The Massacre
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- Side #1 -- The Birth of a Nation
- 1. Opening Titles [2:04]
- 2. The Stonemans in Repose [2:23]
- 3. With the Camerons [10:20]
- 4. The Gathering Storm [6:23]
- 5. A Call to March, to Dance [11:12]
- 6. Scarred by War [6:59]
- 7. War's Bitter Sacrifice [6:53]
- 8. The Last Grey Days [12:14]
- 9. A New Life [13:53]
- 10. The Homecoming [6:11]
- 11. The Fated Night [7:55]
- 12. Restoration Begins [7:10]
- 13. Sowing Discontent [8:20]
- 14. The Love Strain [6:03]
- 15. Election Results [8:52]
- 16. The Grim Reaping [3:45]
- 17. A White Sheet [7:38]
- 18. Little Sister's Fate [12:10]
- 19. "Justice" for Gus [7:32]
- 20. Blood Vows [12:37]
- 21. Elsie's New Suitor [5:52]
- 22. The Clan Rides Out [10:14]
- 23. Siege on a Cabin [6:45]
- 24. War No More [3:24]
- Side #3 -- Intolerance
- 1. Opening Titles [1:24]
- 2. The Reformers [7:12]
- 3. Jerusalem, the Golden City [3:00]
- 4. Paris, A.D. 1572 [5:49]
- 5. Miss Jenkins Commits [4:32]
- 6. Babylon, 539 B.C. [10:26]
- 7. The Labor War [8:23]
- 8. The Marriage Market [9:55]
- 9. The Love Temple [3:02]
- 10. The Hopeful Geranium [8:08]
- 11. Wedding in Galilee [6:42]
- 12. The Dear One's Vow [4:48]
- 13. Cast the First Stone [2:46]
- 14. The Results of Reform [8:08]
- 15. Winds of War [5:50]
- 16. Modern Motherhood [9:02]
- 17. The Holy Wars [5:06]
- 18. The Siege [14:08]
- 19. Confidence [3:08]
- 20. The Feast of Belshazzar [12:06]
- 21. Permission to Slaughter [5:27]
- 22. The Sacred Dance [5:24]
- 23. A Musketeer's Fate [9:30]
- 24. The Verdicts [7:49]
- 25. The Last Dawn [4:15]
- 26. The Confession [5:52]
- 27. The Massacre [10:46]
- 28. The Hordes Invade [7:48]
- 29. On the Gallows [3:55]
- 30. Epilogue [2:55]
- Side #4 -- Broken Blossoms
- 1. Opening Titles [9:40]
- 2. Sordid Realities [4:24]
- 3. Battling [3:25]
- 4. The Girl [10:22]
- 5. The Shopping Trip [9:55]
- 6. The Usual Rage [6:30]
- 7. A Fateful Collapse [4:16]
- 8. Waking in Heaven [6:40]
- 9. Word Travels [12:24]
- 10. The Lowering Storm [6:27]
- 11. Lucy's Homecoming [9:39]
- 12. Sanctuary [5:29]
- Side #5 -- Orphans of the Storm
- 1. Two Little Orphans [6:33]
- 2. The Palace of the Count [7:32]
- 3. Poverty and Luxury [8:46]
- 4. Trouble in Paris [9:37]
- 5. The Pete: A Kidnapping [9:59]
- 6. When the Moon Rose [9:12]
- 7. The Chevalier [9:14]
- 8. Danton's Eloguence [9:40]
- 9. An Impossible Love [12:13]
- 10. Brief Reunion [7:04]
- 11. The Storm [12:56]
- 12. Mob Madness [9:12]
- 13. A Returned Aristocrat [13:33]
- 14. Oration on Injustice [10:36]
- 15. Guillotine [9:12]
- 16. The Doctor's Gift [4:22]

Year released: 2002
MPAA Rating: [ NR ]
Format: Black & White
Length: 986
Sound: Not Available
Subtitles: Not Available
Studio: Kino

Birth of a Nation

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Year released: 1915
MPAA Rating: [ ]
Format: Black & White
Length: 175
Sound: 0
Subtitles: Not Available
Studio: Vidtape

Birth of a Nation and the Civil War Films of D.W. Griffith [2 Discs]

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"The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'" 1992 24 minutes produced by David Shepard
Filmed prologue to "The Birth of a Nation" 1930 6 minutes featuring D.W. Griffith and Walter Huston
Civil War Shorts directed by D.W. Griffith:
In the Border States 1910 16 min.,
The House With Closed Shutters 1910 17 min.,
The Fugitive 1910
17 min.,
His Trust 1910 14 min. courtesy of David Shepard; musical setting compiled and arranged by Robert Israel performed by the Biograph Quartet,
His Trust Fulfilled 1910 11 min.,
Swords and Hearts 1911 16 min.,
The Battle 1911 17 min.
New York vs. "The Birth of a Nation": an archive of information documenting the battles over the film's 1922 re-release, including protests by the N.A.A.C.P., transcripts of meetings, legal documents, newspaper articles and a montage of scenes ordered cut by the New York Censor Board
Excerpts from a "Birth of a Nation" souvenir book (1915) and several original programs

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Year released: 1915
MPAA Rating: [ NR ]
Format: No information available
Length: 187
Sound: Not Available
Subtitles: Eng
Studio: Kino

Birth of a Nation

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Year released: 1915
MPAA Rating: [ NR ]
Format: Black & White
Length: 175
Sound: DD
Subtitles: Not Available
Studio: Madacy

Birth of a Nation

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Mastered from the original tinted print
Digital stereo orchestral score
24-minute documentary detailing the production of the film, including rare behind-the-scenes footage and more

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Year released: 1915
MPAA Rating: [ NR ]
Format: No information available
Length: 187
Sound: 0/DD2
Subtitles: Eng
Studio: Image Entertainment

History of Cinema [12 Discs] [BOX SET]

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- Side #1 -- The Phantom of the Opera
- 1. Introduction [12:26]
- 2. New Singer [6:16]
- 3. Chandelier Disaster [4:44]
- 4. Encounter [10:17]
- 5. Unmasked [7:09]
- 6. Masked Ball [9:00]
- 7. Following Evening [6:50]
- 8. Phantom's Lair [19:11]
- 9. On the Run [2:53]
- Side #2 -- Nosferatu
- 1. A New Venture [7:50]
- 2. Quick Journey [12:58]
- 3. Getting Acquainted [5:42]
- 4. Come Twilight [11:02]
- 5. Drawing Near [7:00]
- 6. Concurrent Travel [9:02]
- 7. Arrival & Inquiry [19:15]
- 8. Fading Shadow [7:10]
- Side #3 -- The General
- 1. Introduction [4:15]
- 2. Two Loves [4:43]
- 3. Going to Enlist [7:56]
- 4. Secret Plot [5:09]
- 5. Great Chase [18:45]
- 6. Retreat [5:15]
- 7. Lost & Hungry [12:11]
- 8. To Headquarters [28:36]
- 9. Warning Troops [4:19]
- 10. The Battle [8:18]
- 11. Heroes [7:10]
- Side #4 -- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- 1. Introduction [4:47]
- 2. Two Selves [9:42]
- 3. Night Out [9:57]
- 4. Conversion [6:52]
- 5. New Changes [8:00]
- 6. The Victims [10:26]
- 7. Jekyll Vanishes [5:54]
- 8. Evil Emerges [5:32]
- 9. Hunting Hyde [8:38]
- 10. Revenge [2:46]
- 11. Locked Away [3:03]
- 12. Final Change [6:42]
- Side #5 -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- 1. Introduction [12:42]
- 2. Carnival Revel [4:03]
- 3. Love Struck [3:56]
- 4. Deliverance [8:04]
- 5. City of Thieves [3:36]
- 6. 20 Lashes [9:52]
- 7. A Ball [9:30]
- 8. Secret Plans [4:35]
- 9. A "Spark" [3:37]
- 10. "The Question" [6:10]
- 11. Daring Rescue [11:22]
- 12. Call to Arms [19:08]
- Side #6 -- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- 1. Introduction [2:53]
- 2. Making Plans [5:47]
- 3. At the Fair [4:47]
- 4. A Prophesy [13:43]
- 5. Shadows Fall [6:51]
- 6. Meeting Cesare [4:16]
- 7. Night Attack [7:29]
- 8. Investigation [14:36]
- 9. Closing In [3:46]
- 10. A Twist [5:38]
- Side #7 -- Intolerance
- 1. Opening Credits [:58]
- 2. Reformers [5:46]
- 3. Jerusalem [1:42]
- 4. Paris [4:22]
- 5. Miss Jenkins Joins [3:13]
- 6. Babylon [8:11]
- 7. The Great Strike [7:29]
- 8. Marriage Market [7:14]
- 9. Temple of Love [1:52]
- 10. New Environment [6:59]
- 11. Water Into Wine [5:27]
- 12. Vow to Keep [3:57]
- 13. Casting Stones [2:09]
- 14. Righting Wrongs [6:30]
- 15. Tensions Grow [4:46]
- 16. Meddling Reform [7:20]
- 17. Eye for an Eye [2:05]
- 18. The Onslaught [3:23]
- 19. A Promise [12:54]
- 20. Grand Feast [2:42]
- 21. Deadly Decision [9:55]
- 22. Sacred Dance [4:55]
- 23. Musketeer's Fate [5:08]
- 24. Verdict Arrives [5:37]
- 25. Last Dawn [10:07]
- 26. Confession [4:09]
- 27. Racing Time [1:55]
- 28. Slaughter [3:38]
- 29. Hanging on Edge [17:02]
- 30. Epic Conclusion [3:27]
- Side #8 -- Battleship Potemkin
- 1. The Men & the Maggots [14:33]
- 2. Drama in the Harbour [18:25]
- 3. A Dead Man Calls for Justice [11:28]
- 4. The Odessa Staircase [11:45]
- 5. The Meeting With the Squadron [16:43]
- Side #9 -- Orphans of the Storm
- 1. Introduction [6:33]
- 2. The Aristocracy [7:31]
- 3. Two Sisters [3:00]
- 4. Indignation [2:07]
- 5. Journey to Paris [13:15]
- 6. Decadence & Danger [9:58]
- 7. After Midnight [13:47]
- 8. Search for Louise [1:22]
- 9. Developments [4:22]
- 10. Royalists [8:35]
- 11. Despair & Love [3:27]
- 12. Encounters [3:02]
- 13. Imprisoned & Exiled [3:22]
- 14. Revolution & Changes [2:55]
- 15. Old & New Tyranny [6:30]
- 16. Caught & Captured [4:10]
- 17. Reign of Terror [16:44]
- 18. Resolutions [4:37]
- Side #10 -- The Beloved Rogue
- 1. Introduction [5:51]
- 2. Rival Duke [3:10]
- 3. King of Revels [15:43]
- 4. Poor Charlotte [6:40]
- 5. Great Catapult [4:02]
- 6. Crash Landing [9:18]
- 7. Rooftop Flight [6:03]
- 8. A Sentence [8:41]
- 9. Change of Heart [4:41]
- 10. A Proposal [9:55]
- 11. Daring Rescue [7:05]
- 12. Torture Time [4:56]
- 13. Upheaval [8:01]
- 14. Happy Union [4:09]
- Side #11 -- The Birth of a Nation
- 1. Beginings [5:59]
- 2. A Visit [5:08]
- 3. First Call [8:08]
- 4. Guerilla Raid [4:33]
- 5. March to the Sea [6:18]
- 6. Aftermath [13:10]
- 7. Assassination [5:25]
- 8. Upheavals [11:10]
- 9. Outrages [7:18]
- 10. Inspiration [5:04]
- 11. Tragedy [4:56]
- 12. Vengeance [6:48]
- 13. Complications [11:26]
- 14. No More Mob [6:46]
- 15. Liberation [:47]
- Side #12 -- Metropolis
- 1. Introduction [6:04]
- 2. Alien World [4:29]
- 3. Questions [4:41]
- 4. The Depths [3:16]
- 5. New Invention [3:23]
- 6. 10 Hours [3:05]
- 7. Catacombs [7:51]
- 8. Captured [4:13]
- 9. Search & Fight [3:30]
- 10. Conversion [3:45]
- 11. False Maria [2:15]
- 12. Presentation [4:48]
- 13. Lost Control [6:22]
- 14. Destruction [10:53]
- 15. Retribution [4:55]
- 16. Resolutions [5:03]

Year released: 2004
MPAA Rating: [ ]
Format: Black & White
Length: 1155
Sound: 0
Subtitles: Not Available
Studio: Delta

History of Cinema [8 Discs] [BOX SET]

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- Side #1 -- The Phantom of the Opera
- 1. Introduction [12:26]
- 2. New Singer [6:16]
- 3. Chandelier Disaster [4:44]
- 4. Encounter [10:17]
- 5. Unmasked [7:09]
- 6. Masked Ball [9:00]
- 7. Following Evening [6:50]
- 8. Phantom's Lair [19:11]
- 9. On the Run [2:53]
- Side #2 -- Nosferatu
- 1. A New Venture [7:50]
- 2. Quick Journey [12:58]
- 3. Getting Acquainted [5:42]
- 4. Come Twilight [11:02]
- 5. Drawing Near [7:00]
- 6. Concurrent Travel [9:02]
- 7. Arrival & Inquiry [19:15]
- 8. Fading Shadow [7:10]
- Side #3 -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- 1. Introduction [12:42]
- 2. Carnival Revel [4:03]
- 3. Love Struck [3:56]
- 4. Deliverance [8:04]
- 5. City of Thieves [3:36]
- 6. 20 Lashes [9:52]
- 7. A Ball [9:30]
- 8. Secret Plans [4:35]
- 9. A "Spark" [3:37]
- 10. "The Question" [6:10]
- 11. Daring Rescue [11:22]
- 12. Call to Arms [19:08]
- Side #4 -- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- 1. Introduction [2:53]
- 2. Making Plans [5:47]
- 3. At the Fair [4:47]
- 4. A Prophesy [13:43]
- 5. Shadows Fall [6:51]
- 6. Meeting Cesare [4:16]
- 7. Night Attack [7:29]
- 8. Investigation [14:36]
- 9. Closing In [3:46]
- 10. A Twist [5:38]
- Side #5 -- Battleship Potemkin
- 1. The Men & the Maggots [14:33]
- 2. Drama in the Harbour [18:25]
- 3. A Dead Man Calls for Justice [11:28]
- 4. The Odessa Staircase [11:45]
- 5. The Meeting With the Squadron [16:43]
- Side #6 -- The General
- 1. Introduction [4:15]
- 2. Two Loves [4:43]
- 3. Going to Enlist [7:56]
- 4. Secret Plot [5:09]
- 5. Great Chase [18:45]
- 6. Retreat [5:15]
- 7. Lost & Hungry [12:11]
- 8. To Headquarters [28:36]
- 9. Warning Troops [4:19]
- 10. The Battle [8:18]
- 11. Heroes [7:10]
- Side #7 -- The Birth of a Nation
- 1. Beginings [5:59]
- 2. A Visit [5:08]
- 3. First Call [8:08]
- 4. Guerilla Raid [4:33]
- 5. March to the Sea [6:18]
- 6. Aftermath [13:10]
- 7. Assassination [5:25]
- 8. Unpheavals [11:10]
- 9. Outrages [7:18]
- 10. Inspiration [5:04]
- 11. Tragedy [4:56]
- 12. Vengeance [6:48]
- 13. Complications [11:26]
- 14. No More Mob [6:46]
- 15. Liberation [:47]
- Side #8 -- Metropolis
- 1. Introduction [6:04]
- 2. Alien World [4:29]
- 3. Questions [4:41]
- 4. The Depths [3:16]
- 5. New Invention [3:23]
- 6. 10 Hours [3:05]
- 7. Catacombs [7:51]
- 8. Captured [4:13]
- 9. Search & Fight [3:30]
- 10. Conversion [3:45]
- 11. False Maria [2:15]
- 12. Presentation [4:48]
- 13. Lost Control [6:22]
- 14. Destruction [10:53]
- 15. Retribution [4:55]
- 16. Resolutions [5:03]

Year released: 2004
MPAA Rating: [ ]
Format: Black & White
Length: 743
Sound: 0
Subtitles: Not Available
Studio: Delta

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