Blu-ray Release
Kino Video
- Released: November 22, 2011
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Sound: DTS-HD Master Audio English, Dolby 2.0 Stereo
- Region Free
- Edition details:
• DISC 1 - Blu-ray
• The Birth of a Nation, newly mastered in HD from archival 35mm elements • Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (2011), in 2.0 Stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 • Spoken introductions by D.W. Griffith and Walter Huston• DISC 2 - DVD
• The Birth of a Nation, restored by David Shepard of Film Preservation Associates in 1993 • Orchestral score adapted in 1993 from the original score by Joseph Carl Breil, in 2.0 Stereo • “The Making of The Birth of a Nation” (24 min.) Produced by David Shepard; Compiled and written by Russell Merritt• DISC 3 - DVD
• 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.) • 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”, Archival documents pertaining to the censorship battles over the film’s 1922 re-release • Excerpts of souvenir program books- Note: Extras are identical to "Griffith Masterworks" DVD
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