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Officials examine electrical experiment apparatus and industrial building being dismantled
An electrical experiment being performed in the United States. Wooden frame support with metal cylinder for electrical experiment. Fire and smoke pour from apparatus. Officials examine apparatus. Prefabricated industrial building being dismantled by workmen.
Waterfall, men fishing in stream at base of small falls and a train runs along tracks next to river in the United States
Activities near a waterfall in the United States. A large waterfall (possibly Bridalveil Fall in California). A stream of water with a small waterfall. Men fishing in stream at base of small falls. Ships in a harbor. A railroad train runs along tracks in a mountain valley next to a river.
Workers cutting ice blocks from a frozen lake during the winter in the United States
A group of men work cutting and transporting blocks of ice from a frozen lake in winter. Teams of horses pull long saws across the frozen lake surface, creating a pattern of partially cut blocks, which other men then cut through using long-handled hand saws. Other men employ long poles with metal tips to dislodge, pry, and raise the cut blocks from the water. A town is seen in the far distance across the lake.
Dramatization: Colonel Ben Cameron gives a diary to Elise and she reads it at a military hospital in the United States.
Excerpt from fictional silent film "The Birth of a Nation" shows Colonel Ben Cameron nicknamed 'Little Colonel' wounded and enamored of his northern nurse in the United States. Wounded people in a military hospital. The wounded Colonel on a bed. A northern hospital nurse Elise plays a musical instrument. She comes and sits near him. The nurse sings and the Colonel listens to her. Colonel Ben reads a letter written by Phil. The nurse sits near his bed and talks. The Colonel gives a small diary to her. Elise reads the diary. Other patients and nurses in the background.
Dramatization: Abraham Lincoln intercedes to prevent Colonel Cameron's hanging in the United States.
Excerpt from fictional silent film "The Birth of a Nation" shows Colonel Ben Cameron's mother appealing for mercy. Cameron's mother in a hospital. A guard in the hospital stops her. Wounded Colonel Ben lying on a bed. Northern nurse Elise stands near his bed. Other patients in the background. Ben's mother takes permission from the guard to meet her son. Elise holds hands of the Colonel and he tries to say something. The Colonel's mother walks in and looks at her son. She speaks to her. Elise stands near his bed. An army surgeon says that the Colonel will be hanged as a guerrilla. Elise and Colonel's mother are shocked to hear this. The surgeon walks away. The mother cries putting her head on the chest of the Colonel and holding hands of Elise. She says that they will ask for mercy. Elise leaves. The mother is tensed. She cries holding hands of another nurse. Officials and dignitaries in a hall. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln seated in a chair. Ben's mother and Elise in the hall. They both approach Abraham Lincoln and he shakes hands. They appeal to Lincoln regarding the hanging of Colonel Ben. A close up of Elise. The mother speaks to Lincoln. Ben on his bed in the hospital. Ben's mother begs for mercy and cries. Lincoln consoles her. Elise stands and prays. Lincoln looks at some documents on a table. He wears spectacles and writes on a paper. Elise becomes happy. The President gives the paper to Ben's mother. Elise and the mother hug each other. An officer seated in a chair. They both leave the hall. A man comes to Lincoln. Ben in the hospital. Elise and the mother come and tell the Colonel that he will not be hanged. The mother holds the paper of mercy in her hand and shows it to Ben. Ben recovers at the hospital. The mother hugs Elise. Elise speaks to the guard and leaves. Ben talks to Elise and feels shy. She tries to go away and the Colonel pulls her back. The mother is back in her home and meets her husband and daughter
Dramatization: General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in the United States.
Excerpt from the fictional silent film "The Birth of a Nation" shows Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant meeting at Appomattox Courthouse in the United States. The Generals and officials in the court. Both the Generals seated in chairs. An official reads a paper. He hands it over to General Grant and then takes it back. Another official hands a paper to General Lee in the background. Both of them sign. General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant. Both the Generals shake hands.
