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Film, VideoOpen thy lattice, love videorecording | From Favorites from the Song of America Tour with Thomas Hampson, baritone, and Wolfram Rieger, piano. Recorded in the Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC, October 28, 2010. (Source Characteristics). Videorecording (Form).
- Contributor: Hampson, Thomas - Foster, Stephen Collins - Rieger, Wolfram
- Date: 1861
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Film, VideoLincoln and the Civil War Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Collection of four documentaries providing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and significant events that surrounded him. Utilizing interviews with leading Lincoln biographers, Lincoln explores the inner conflicts that plagued and inspired the man who called himself "the loneliest man in the world." In a ploy that was ultimately foiled by the Secret Service, Stealing Lincoln's Body documents the 1876 plot to steal Lincoln's body...
- Contributor: Vixpix Films - Crowley, Phil - Adams, Jonathan - History (Television Network) - New Video Group - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Herrmann, Edward - Arts and Entertainment Network - History Channel (Television Network)
- Date: 2012
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ArticleGone with the wind Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara. The story begins on the O'Hara's Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Contributor: Fleming, Victor - Mitchell, Thomas - Howard, Leslie - Gable, Clark - Mgm/Ua Home Video (Firm) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Selznick International Pictures - McDaniel, Hattie - Howard, Sidney Coe - Haller, Ernest ... Fleming, Victor - Mitchell, Thomas - Howard, Leslie - Gable, Clark - Mgm/Ua Home Video (Firm) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Selznick International Pictures - McDaniel, Hattie - Howard, Sidney Coe - Haller, Ernest - Leigh, Vivien - Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress) - Selznick, David O. - Mitchell, Margaret - Steiner, Max - Loew's Incorporated - De Havilland, Olivia - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1985
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Film, VideoThe rival brothers' patriotism
Patriotisme des frères rivaux Two brothers, Jim and Robert, who are rivals for the same woman, Mary, enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War. Six months later at camp, Jim inadvertently reads Mary's letter to Robert and realizes Mary loves Robert. That same day, Jim and Robert are charged with carrying a message through enemy territory. While on their mission, Jim confesses that he read Mary's...- Contributor: American Kinema - Afi/Marshall (George) Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathé Frères (France) - Pathé Frères (U.S.)
- Date: 1911-01-01
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ArticleThe birth of a nation "The most successful and artistically advanced film of its time, The Birth of a Nation has also sparked protests, riots, and divisiveness since its first release. The film tells the story of the Civil War and its aftermath, as seen through the eyes of two families. The Stonemans hail from the North, the Camerons from the South. When war breaks out, the Stonemans cast...
- Contributor: Gish, Lillian - Marsh, Mae - Bitzer, G. W. - Woods, Frank E. - David W. Griffith Corp - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Dixon, Thomas - Walsh, Raoul - Crisp, Donald - Epoch Producing Corp - Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale) - Reid, Wallace
- Date: 1915