An excerpt from a souvenir program for the silent film The Birth of a Nation, 1915.

This entire illustrated program includes the cast of characters, an article on D. W. Griffith, a tribute to the motion picture by Rupert Hughes, an article by Thomas Dixon, a plot synopsis, technical details of the motion picture, a selection of favorable reviews, and illustrated scenes from the motion picture.

Citation Information
Breil, Joseph Carl, D.W. Griffith, G.W. Bitzer, and Thomas Dixon, excerpt from “D.W. Griffith's Birth of a nation,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/c6fd60c4181838394d7cfe79063fbf8f.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of The New York Public Library.

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