The Birth of a Nation (1915)

In this landmark blockbuster epic film from director D.W. Griffith, with incredible Civil War battle scenes resembling historic Matthew Brady photographs:

• the scene of Benjamin "The Little Colonel" Cameron's (Henry B. Walthall) military assault and the stuffing of a Confederate flag down the barrel of a Union cannon
• the techniques of closing down the iris of the camera and cameos
• the touching and poignant scene of Ben's return to his ruined Southern home

Lincoln's Assassination Reenactment	Flora's Death Jump When Chased by Gus	The KKK's Ride

• the recreated, skillfully-executed Lincoln assassination scene
• the tense sequence of 'Little Sister' Flora (Mae Marsh) being chased by 'renegade negro' Gus (Walter Long) into the woods and jumping to her death
• the image of zealous and heroic Ku Klux Klan on horseback terrorizing blacks and riding to the rescue