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Dramatization: Negroes gather and capture the Cameron Estate in Piedmont, United States.

Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A Pro-Southern dramatization on the effect of the civil war in Piedmont region of the United States. Pre-war conditions on the Cameron Estate in Piedmont. Negroes gather in the area. Buildings in the background. Character Elsie Stoneman abducted by Negroes in a house. She shouts and looks out of the window. Ku Klux Klan members on horseback racing toward the town. Negro throws a stone on the window. A Negro woman takes Elsie Stoneman inside.

Location: Eastern United States

Date: 1916

Duration: 1 min 3 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Dramatization: members of Ku Klux Klan arrive to help the Whites in Piedmont, United States.

Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A Pro-Southern dramatization on the effect of the civil war in Piedmont, United States. Negroes assemble on the street. Houses along the sides of the street. Negroes hold guns in hands. Elsie Stoneman abducted by the Negroes. The Whites discuss with their families inside their homes. Children inside their houses scared. A woman on a bed. Man looks outside the window. The members of Ku Klux Klan on horses arrive at the place wearing white uniforms. They hold flags in hands. The Negroes fire guns on them.

Location: Eastern United States

Date: 1916

Duration: 3 min 56 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Dramatization: Members of Ku Klux Klan rescues the abducted Cameron family.

Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A Pro-Southern dramatization on the effect of the civil war in Piedmont, United States. Dr. Cameron's family abducted by the Negroes at a house in a field. A woman cries. Her daughter consoles her. Negroes in the field. Members of Ku Klux Klan in the field. Firing from both sides. Smoke arises due to the firing. Lynch holds Elsie's hand and takes her in the room where her father is kept. Ku Klux Klan members arrive and rescue them.

Location: Eastern United States

Date: 1916

Duration: 3 min 22 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Dramatization: Ku Klux Klan arrives to rescue the Whites from the Negroes.

Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A Pro-Southern dramatization on the effect of the civil war in Piedmont, United States. Members of Ku Klux Klan on horses arrive to help the Whites. Houses along the sides of the street. The Negroes discuss strategies. Trees along the sides of the street. A house in the field. Guns fired in the field. Smoke arises due to the gun fire.

Location: Eastern United States

Date: 1916

Duration: 1 min 32 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Dramatization: Ku Klux Klan members along with rescued Whites ride horses on street as they disarm Negroes in Piedmont.

Excerpt from end of the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A Pro-Southern dramatization on the effect of the civil war in Piedmont, United States. Members of Ku Klux Klan gather. They rescue the Whites. The Negroes put their arms in front of them. Members of Ku Klux Klan along with the rescued Whites on horses move on the street. The Whites girls on horses. Klan members supervise the proceedings at the election and prevent the Negroes from voting. A double honeymoon at the sea edge with characters Phil Stoneman and Margaret Cameron together, and Ben Cameron and Elsie Stoneman together.

Location: Eastern United States

Date: 1916

Duration: 2 min 7 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English