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"Birth of a Nation" Street Battle

Date:	1915
Description:	Street scene from the film "The Birth of a Nation" featuring a battle between soldiers on foot and members of the Ku Klux Klan on horseback. The men on hor...

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Robert Z. Leonard in uniform in a scene still

Date:	1915
Description:	Robert Z. Leonard costumed as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army in the Civil War, pauses warily by a window in a scene still for the silent drama "Betty'...

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