Today in history
Subtitle: February 8
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; African Americans in motion pictures; Airships; History; Aeronautics; Birth of a nation (Motion picture)
Other titles: February 8
Description: Presents information about D. W. Griffith's silent film, The birth of a nation, and the controversy over it regarding African Americans. The film was released on Feb. 8, 1915, under the title, The clansmen. Despite protests over it, it is now recognized as having advanced the art of cinema by introducing innovative techniques. Also presents information about the history of airships. Highlights include information about the author Jules Verne, born on Feb. 8, 1828, in Nantes, France, along with other inventors and aviators interested in flight.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: [Birth of a nation]; title: Up, up, and away.