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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1424

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

19087 minUnited States

Drama Adventure

Synopsis

An eagle carries a baby from outside a woodland home to its nest on a cliff. The child's father descends on a rope to attempt a rescue while the bird guards its precarious refuge.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 7:18
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Edwin S Porter and J. Searle Dawley · Public domain

Cast

D. W. Griffith

Henry B. Walthall

DirectorsJ. Searle Dawley

Behind the scenes

D. W. Griffith takes a leading acting role before his directing career. Edison combined studio sets and an articulated bird with outdoor footage of woodsmen in New Jersey.

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Photograph credit

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D. W. Griffith — Unknown author Unknown author; This image has been extracted from another file · Public domain
Henry B. Walthall — Tower Magazines, Inc., photographer unknown · Public domain

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