"THE BIRTH OF A NATION."

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 47, 24 August 1916, Page 3

"THE BIRTH OF A NATION."

The box plans for the forthcoming production of the celebrated picture, "The Birth of a Nation," which will be presented here by J. C. Williamson, Ltd., in the main Town Hall, commencing Tuesday next, 29th August, will open at the Bristol to-morrow morning. One great thrill in this fine dramatic spectacle is provided by the men of the Ku-Klux-Klan, when the white-clad horsemen are seen racing madly through the town in their work of vengeaJice. Thousands of men form the procession, and ride with the precision of cavalry. "The Birth of a Nation" lays claim to being the true record, historically speaking, of the event which led to America's great civil war. It is a high-class drama, ba_sed on the history of the nation, filled with tableaux in which thousands of people figure in the most thrilling and most exciting way. Some of the scenes graphically illustrate various notable incidents that stand out in the national history of America. D. W. Griffith took for his foundation the work of the Rev. Thomas Dixon's story "The Clansman." Those who have read the book will know that after the American civil war. which made the negro slaves free, a reign of terror set in, when the blackj impressed with the oft-preached declaration of the Northern whites that blacks were as good as the whites, practically ruled the South. So tragic became this phase of the aftermath of the civil war that the whites brought into existence the dreaded secret society known as the "Ku-Klux Klan." "The Birth of a" Nation " introduces many exploits.of the latter. Throughout the entire production runs a fascinating love story. The incidental music >vill he played by a special operatic orchestra.