Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
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| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Sound | Jon Mirsalis | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clare West | Costume Design |
| Editing | Raoul Walsh | Editor |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Writer |
| Camera | Joseph Carl Breil | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Joseph Henabery | Editor |
| Editing | D.W. Griffith | Editor |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rose Smith | Editor |
| Writing | Frank E. Woods | Screenplay |
| Crew | Walter Hoffman | Special Effects |
| Sound | D.W. Griffith | Original Music Composer |
| Production | H.E. Aitken | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Goldstein | Costume Design |
| Directing | Donald Crisp | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Charles Eagle Eye | Stunts |
| Crew | D.W. Griffith | Presenter |
| Directing | Howard Gaye | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joseph Henabery | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Karl Malkames | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Joseph Nurnberger | Music |
| Camera | Karl Brown | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Fred Hamer | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Harron | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Wilson | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Raoul Walsh | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Shorty English | Carpenter |
| Sound | Joseph Carl Breil | Music |
| Directing | Jack Conway | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Walter Hoffman | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Jim Kidd | Security |
| Directing | Allan Dwan | Assistant Director |
| Art | Hal Sullivan | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Monte Blue | Stunts |
| Directing | Elmer Clifton | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thomas E. O'Brien | Assistant Director |
| Directing | W.S. Van Dyke | Assistant Director |
| Art | Cash Shockey | Painter |
| Art | Frank Wortman | Set Designer |
| Directing | Herbert Sutch | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Erich von Stroheim | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ralph M. DeLacy | Property Master |
| Directing | Christy Cabanne | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Fireworks Wilson | Special Effects |
| Sound | Carli Elinor | Conductor |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Novel |
| Crew | Leo Nomis | Stunts |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Adaptation |
| Directing | Monte Blue | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Baron von Winther | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Henry B. Walthall | Assistant Director |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
