America, nke a na-akpọkwa Ịhụnanya na Àjà, bụ ihe nkiri 1924 American gbachiri nkịtị akụkọ ihe mere eme agha. Ọ na-akọwa akụkọ dị egwu nke ihe ndị mere n'oge Agha Mgbanwe nke America, bụ nke onye na-ese ihe nkiri DW Griffith kere ihe nkiri nke Robert W. Chambers' 1905 akwụkwọ akụkọ The Reckoning. Atụmatụ ahụ gbadoro ụkwụ n'onwe ya na ụlọ ihe nkiri North nke agha dị na New York, yana ịhụnanya etinyere na ihe nkiri nke onye ọ bụla.. [1] [2] [3][4]
Akụkọ ahụ gbanwere n'etiti echiche nke ndị na-eguzosi ike n'ihe na Upstate New York, na ndị Patriots na Massachusetts na Virginia. Ọtụtụ mgbe e mesịrị na ihe nkiri ahụ na New York, ntakịrị atụmatụ echetara na-ewere ọnọdụ.[1] Captain Walter Butler (Lionel Barrymore), onye uwe ojii na-eguzosi ike n'ihe, na-edu ndị Iroquois na mwakpo jọgburu onwe ha megide ndị bi America, gụnyere mgbuchapụ nke ụmụ nwanyị na ụmụaka, bụ ndị na-akwado ndị Patriots.
Na Lexington, Massachusetts, Nathan Holden (Neil Hamilton) na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-agba ọsọ na nkeji oge maka Kọmitii Nchekwa Ọha na Boston. N'otu ọrụ iji nyefee ozi na Virginia General Assembly, ọ zutere Nancy Montague (Carol Dempster) wee hụ ya n'anya, mana nna ya Justice Montague (Erville Alderson), onye ọka ikpe na-eguzosi ike n'ihe, enweghị mmasị na onye na-agba ya. 1] Captain Butler nwara ime Nancy ikpe. Nathan na Nancy kwupụtara na n'agbanyeghị akụkụ ọ na-alụ, ha ga-ahụ ibe ha n'anya mgbe nile. Mgbe ọ na-eleta Massachusetts, Nathan Holden gbagburu Justice Montague na mberede. Nwanne Nancy Montague, Charles Montague (Charles Emmett Mack), na-emetụta dike George Washington ma kpebie na ọ chọrọ ịkwado ndị colonists. Agbanyeghị, ọ nwụrụ obere oge ka e merụrụ ahụ na Agha nke Bunker Hill. Nancy zochiri nna ya eziokwu mgbe ọ gwara ya na nwanne ya nwoke nwụrụ na-alụ ọgụ maka Crown.
Nancy na nna ya gara Mohawk Valley New York gaa n'ụlọ nwanne nna ya Ashleigh Montague mgbe Holden gara George Washington (Arthur Dewey) na Valley Forge. E zigara ya na ndị mwakpo Morgan na New York iji dozie mwakpo ndị American Indian n'ebe ugwu. Butler bi na Montague estate. Ndị ikom ya gburu nwanne Montague ma jide Montague ma kpụrụ Nancy. Holden rutere iledo Butler anya ma nụ atụmatụ ya maka mwakpo ogbugbu. Ọ hapụrụ iji mee mkpu, na-ala azụ hapụ Nancy na Butler. Butler na-eme atụmatụ ịmanye onwe ya ka ọ lụso Nancy ọgụ, mana ndị American Indian kpebiri ịwakpo ozugbo ma manye Butler isonyere ha. Nancy gbapụrụ mgbe Butler hapụrụ maka agha ahụ, ya na Montague rutere n'ụlọ ahụ n'enweghị nsogbu tupu mwakpo ahụ. Ndị mwakpo ahụ wakporo ebe ahụ n'ụzọ obi ọjọọ, n'ikpeazụ na-agbaji mgbidi ma na-egbu ọtụtụ ndị bi na ya.[4] Ndị agha Morgan rutere ma tọhapụ ebe ahụ, zọpụta ndụ Montague na Nancy. Otu ìgwè ndị agha dị iche iche na ụmụ amaala America chụpụrụ ma gbuo Butler, na-akwụsị atụmatụ ya.[5] Montague kwenyere na uru Holden, ma kwe ka ya na Nancy nọrọ ọnụ. Ihe nkiri ahụ mechiri site na inyefe Lord Cornwallis na Siege of Yorktown na 1781 na mwepụta mbụ nke George Washington dị ka onye isi ala nke United States na 1789.
N'afọ 1923, Ụmụ nwanyị nke American Revolution rịọrọ onye isi oche nke Motion Picture Production Association Will H. Hays ka o mee akụkọ ihe mere eme banyere American Revolution, Hays mekwara ka D.W. Griffith kwenye iduzi ihe nkiri ahụ. Griffith kwadebere maka ihe nkiri ahụ site n'ịga n'ọgbọ agha akụkọ ihe mere eme na izute ndị otu akụkọ ihe mere mere eme dị ka DAR, Sons of the Revolution, Smithsonian Institution, New York Public Library, Lexington Historical Society, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, na Massachusetts Historical Society.[6]
Griffith jiri ọtụtụ ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na-ewu ewu n'oge ahụ, mana o chere na ọ dịghị mkpa ka ha rụọ ọrụ na ihe nkiri ya, ọ pụghịkwa ịzụta ọtụtụ n'ime ha n'ụzọ ọ bụla, mgbe ha malitere iri ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ego ya niile na mmepụta dị oke ọnụ.[4] N'ihi ya, Lillian Gish, onye mere ihe nkiri a ma ama nke ya, Orphans of the Storm, hapụrụ ya mgbe ọ na-enweghị ike ịkwụ ụgwọ maka ọrụ ya, wee hapụ ya na Carol Dempster, onye nwere obere mmasị karịa Gish. O gosipụtara obere mmasị na igwefoto na Neil Hamilton, ọ dịkwa mma na ihe nkiri mmeghachi omume ma nwee obere ihu ihu. Tụkwasị na nke a, e ji ndị ọrụ United States Armed Forces mee ihe dị ka ndị ọzọ.
E mere ihe nkiri na Richmond, Virginia na Somers, New York.[7] N'oge a na-ese ihe nkiri nke Agha nke Bunker Hill na Somers, a gbapụrụ aka onye agha dị afọ iri na itoolu mgbe ọ na-agbanye egbe.[8] Dị ka Charles Emmett Mack chetara, "Mụ na Neil Hamilton gara n'obodo ndị gbara ya gburugburu wee nweta ego maka ya - m na-abụ abụ ma na-agba egwu na Neil na-anakọta mkpụrụ ego. "[7]
E gosipụtara ihe nkiri ahụ nye Onye isi ala Calvin Coolidge tupu ewepụta ya, Ndị agha United States jikwa ya mee ihe maka ebumnuche recruitment.[6] Otú ọ dị, America enwetaghị ọtụtụ ndị na-ege ntị dị ka ihe nkiri Griffith gara aga. O kwere omume na onye nduzi ahụ nwere nsogbu ịmata ọdịiche dị n'etiti ndị na-achị ala na ndị Britain, ebe ọ bụ na ha abụọ nwere mmalite na Great Britain. A naghị egosi ndị na-ege ntị n'ụzọ doro anya ndị bụ ndị na-emegide na ndị na-eme ihe nkiri. Na mgbakwunye, oge ihe nkiri ahụ abụghị ihe ezi uche dị na ya.[4] Oge ihe nkiri ahụ mere ka Nancy na Holden nwee mmekọrịta ịhụnanya dị ogologo tupu ha enwee ike ịnọkọ ọnụ n'ezie, ebe ọ bụ na ihe nkiri mbụ ahụ bụ na 1775, mana mechiri na 1789. Ọdịda ya bụ ihe mgbagwoju anya, n'agbanyeghị nkwalite siri ike, na-atụle Griffith mefuru ihe karịrị otu nde dollar na mmepụta.
Ihe nkiri ahụ bụ ihe ọhụrụ ma na-akpali akpali, dị ka ọ dị n'ọtụtụ ihe nkiri Griffith ndị ọzọ, juputara na ihe omume na ihe na-akpata obi ụtọ na ihe nkiri nnapụta. Otú ọ dị, ndị na-akatọ ihe nkiri kọwara ihe nkiri ahụ dị ka ihe na-enweghị oge a. Ihe nkiri ahụ dị iche na ihe nkiri ndị ọzọ nke oge ahụ, na mwepụta mbụ ya. [9] Akụkọ ahụ adabaghị n'otu n'ozuzu ya na usoro nke ihe nkiri ndị e gosipụtara na ya bụ ihe mgbagwoju anya ịgbaso, mana ọ dị irè na ihe nkiri ọ bụla. A katọkwara ojiji nke ederede aha.[4] A ga-enwe ngọngọ nke ederede na-akọwa ihe na mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya kama ime ka ndị na-ese onyinyo gosipụta ha site na ime ihe nkiri ha, nke a na-emeghị ka ọ doo anya na ihuenyo.
Ihe nkiri ahụ abaghị uru nye Griffith, mana ọ ka ji nnukwu ego ma ọ nwetaghị nlebara anya ọ na-atụ anya ya.
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