You are watching a special edition of American History tvs reel america. From 1915 and when the birth of a nation premiered. Coming up, a chance for you to watch the conclusion of the silent film. But first, some background for the library of congress. My name is mike michone, im head of the moving image section here at the library of congress. The home of the largest collection of video and film in the world. We are at culpepper virginia and facility that opened in the summer of 2007. Dedicated to preserving our audiovisual heritage. Within this building we have not only the collections of the library, but we also have preservation laboratories that are dedicated to making sure that all of this material is available for future generations. So we have in the collection the original camera negative for birth of a nation. This is in 1915 this is the apex of cinema. Everything that d. W. Griffith has learned about cinematic grammar he throws into this film. It is an astonishing work, its full of amazing storytelling technique, terrific acting beautiful editing. It is truly one of the most important films in the history of the evolution of narrative cinema. Unfortunately, its also one of