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The Birth of a Nation : Assassination of Lincoln

President Lincoln is shot and killed at the theatre, in the presence of the Stonemans.

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Mickey-Mousing, close-up, crosscutting, eyeline match, fade-out, intertitles, iris, long shot, low angle, point-of-view shot, reaction shot, symphonic underscore

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"Assassination of Lincoln" in The Birth of a Nation. Directed by D.W. Griffith, Epoch Film Co., 1915, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=74

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