SWOONING WHITE WOMEN ON PORCH COMFORTED BY BLACK SERVANT (PLAYED BY WHITE MALE IN BLACKFACE AND DRESS)

HYSTERICAL WHITE WOMAN PLEADS WITH FRIEND, CUT TO CRYING MAMMY CHARACTER, (IN BLACKFACE) AND LAUGHING BLACK MAN

TITLE CARD: "THE FAITHFUL SOULS TAKE A HAND."

WHITE WOMEN IN A PANIC

BLACK WOMAN WITH LONG BRAIDS LAUGHS AT WHITE MAN IN CHAINS

BLACK SERVANTS TALK TO MAN IN WAGON

CAPTURED WHITE MAN IS LEAD TO WAGON

BLACK SERVANTS TRICK BLACK SOLDIERS, BLACK MAMMY CHARACTER (PLAYED BY WHITE MAN IN BLACK FACE) KNOCKS DOWN SOLDIERS AND STRUGGLES WITH THEM AS WHITE MAN ESCAPES ON WAGON

BLACK SOLDIER IS SHOT BY WHITE MAN, SMOKE FROM GUN

EXT OF LOG CABIN, RUSTIC

WHITE FAMILY WITH BLACK SERVANTS ON THE RUN APPROACH LOG CABIN

LITTLE GIRL WATCHES FROM OTHER ROOM AND HIDES IN HER BED

BLACK SOLDIERS SEARCHING AND CHASING

REFUGEES HIDE IN LOG CABIN

SMILING BLACK SOLDIERS LET FRANTIC WHITE WOMAN IN TO SEE THE MULATTO

MULATTO SMILES AT HIS VISITOR

MULATTO STATESMAN ENTERS ROOM AND LEERS AT HIS GUEST, HE SENDS THE SOLDIER AWAY AND LISTENS TO HER PLEA AND WRITES A LETTER

MULATTO GIVES LETTER TO BLACK SOLDIER AND TALKS TO WHITE GIRL (LILLIAN GISH)

MS OF MULATTO LT GOVERNOR, PLAYED BY WHITE ACTOR

WHITE GIRL IS OUTRAGED BY MARRIAGE PROPOSAL AND TRIES TO LEAVE, MULATTO STOPS HER, THEY TALK

MULATTO OPENS WINDOW SHADE

BLACK SOLDIERS, MILITIA SHOOT RIFLES IN THE AIR, CELEBRATION

MULATTO LT. GOVERNOR LOOKS CRAZED AND DISAPPOINTED, CUT TO WHITE WOMAN CALLING HIM OVER AND SHRIEKING

MS OF KU KLUX KLAN MEMBERS ON HORSEBACK, ONE BLOWS WHISTLE

MULATTO LT GOVERNOR STRUGGLES WITH WHITE GIRL (LILLIAN GISH) PLEADS WITH HER,CUTS TO KKK RIDING THROUGH COUNTRY SIDE

TITLE CARD: "LYNCH, DRUNK WITH WINE AND POWER, ORDERS HIS HENCHMEN TO HURRY PREPARATIONS FOR A FORCED MARRIAGE."

GALLOPING KKK MEMBERS ON HORSEBACK CROSS RIVER

KKK MEMBERS RIDE BY WITH HORSES COVERED WITH WHITE SHEETS AND "KKK" , WEARING HOODS

KU KLUX KLAN LEADER UNHOODED, GALLOPING KLANSMEN

MOUNTED KU KLUX KLAN RIDE ALONG RIDGE OF HILL WITH SETTING SUN, ROMANTICIZING THE KLAN

STRUGGLE BETWEEN WHITE GIRL AND MULATTO

SWOONING WHITE GIRL FALLS INTO THE ARMS OF MULATTO LT GOVERNOR, CUT TO ARRIVING CARRIAGE

MULATTO MAN NEARLY KISSES FAINTED WHITE GIRL (LILLIAN GISH) AS HER FATHER ARRIVES AND KNOCKS AT DOOR, BLACK MILITIA (PLAYED BY WHITES IN BLACKFACE) REFUSES TO LET HIM IN

KKK MEET IN THE WOODS ON HORSEBACK

TITLE CARD: "I WANT TO MARRY A WHITE WOMAN."

ARRIVING KLANSMAN ON HORSEBACK IN WOODS,REARING HORSES, THEY MEET AND TAKE OFF CARRYING FLAGS AND GUNS

TITLE CARD: "THE LADY I WANT TO MARRY IS YOUR DAUGHTER."

TITLE CARD: "THE TOWN GIVEN OVER TO CRAZED NEGROES BROUGHT IN BY STONEMAN AND LYNCH TO OVERCOME THE WHITES."

MULATTO AND NORTHERN STATESMAN ARGUE

WHITE GIRL WAKES UP AND TRIES TO RUN

BLACK MAN ON HORSEBACK HEAR GIRL SCREAMS, CUT TO WHITE GIRL (LILLIAN GISH) SCREAMING AT OPEN WINDOW, BLACK WOMAN (WHITE IN BLACKFACE) STRUGGLES TO GET HER BACK IN WINDOW

BLACKS CELEBRATE IN THE STREET, SHOT GUN IN AIR

ARRIVING MOUNTED KKK, KU KLUX KLAN, CARRYING CONFEDERATE FLAG

BLACK MOB CELEBRATES IN STREET

CU OF WHITE GIRL (LILLIAN GISH) WITH MOUTH BOUND

WHITE MAN IS CARRIED AND JOSTLED BY BLACK MOB IN STREET

HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF ARRIVING KU KLUX KLAN ON HORSEBACK, GALLOPING INTO TOWN

HEAD ON TRACKING SHOT OF KKK ON HORSEBACK HOLDING ON TO THEIR HELMETS AMD PULLING DOWN THEIR HOODS

BLACK MOB IN TOWN DRESSED IN FINE SUITS AND TOP HATS AND DRESSES

HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF BLACK TOWNS PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND BLACK SOLDIERS AS KKK ARRIVES, CHAOS AS EVERYONE FLEES

WORRIED MULATTO MAN, LT GOVERNOR

CHAOS, CUTS BETWEEN KKK AND BLACK MILITIA MEN, RACIAL CONFLICT

LONELY LOG CABIN IN FIELD, AMBUSHED BY BLACK SOLDIERS

KKK RIDES INTO TOWN, BLACK RESIDENTS BEHIND BLACK MILITIA LINE, SOLDIERS PROTECT, CUT TO MS OF MULATTO AND BLACK SOLDIERS

LOG CABIN INT WITH FRIGHTENED WHITES

MS OF GALLOPING KU KLUX KLAN, HEAD ON TRACKING SHOT

BLACK MILITIA RETREATS AS KKK ATTACKS, BLACK TOWNSPEOPLE FLEE, ONCOMING ASSAULT OF KU KLUX KLAN

BLACK SOLDIER POINTS BAYONET AT NORTHERN CARPETBAGGER

WHITE GIRL (LILLIAN GISH) ESCAPES, ONLY TO BE CARRIED OFF BY MULATTO LT GOVERNOR

LOG CABIN INT, WHITE MEN COWER UNDER WINDOW

KLANSMEN ON HORSES RIDE OFF, SOME IN BLACK ROBES

MS OF FRIGHTENED WHITE FAMILY IN LOG CABIN

WHITE COUPLE EMBRACE IN CABIN AS BLACKS TRY TO GET IN, WHITE MAN KNOCKS OUT BLACK MAN, MAMMY CHARACTER (WHITE MAN IN BLACKFACE) HITS BLACK SOLDIER OVER HEAD AS HE TRIES TO GET IN OPEN WINDOW

MAMMY HITS BLACK MAN OVER THE HEAD

FAMILY PUTS FURNITURE AGAINST DOOR TO HOLD OFF ATTACK

BLACKS IN CABIN, MAN DRINKS FROM JUG, FORCING DOORS, WHITES STRUGGLE, CUTS TO HEAD ON TRACKING SHOT OF GALLOPING KKK

CU OF LITTLE GIRL'S FRIGHTENED FACE

WHITE MAN READY TO KILL FAINTED DAUGHTER, TORMENTED

SHOCKED BLACK SOLDIERS AT DOORWAY OF CABIN RUN AWAY

KKK ARRIVES AT CABIN WITH HELMETS AND HOODED HORSES, SHOOT BLACK SOLDIERS DEAD, RESCUE WHITE FAMILY

KU KLUX KLAN MEMBERS PARADE THROUGH TOWN TO CHEERING CROWDS, WEARING ROBES AND HOOD, WHITE GIRLS ON HORSES, LILLIAN GISH, KLANSMEN CARRY BANNER AND FLAGS

CLOSE SHOT OF CROWD OF KKK ON HORSEBACK

BLACK SLUG

WHITE MAN STANDS UP ABOVE RIVER VALLEY AND HOLDS HIS HAT OUT, SURPRISE, IDEA

KKK MEN IN HOODS FILL BUCKET AT WELL PUMP AND FRIGHTEN BLACK MEN (WHITE ACTORS IN BLACK FACE) , BOOGIE MAN

BLACK SOLDIERS AND MULATTO LT. GOVERNOR IN TOP HAT MEET IN WOODS AND AMBUSH ARRIVING KKK, KLANSMEN ON HORSES ARE SHOT AT

NORTHERN CARPETBAGGER SITS AT DESK, BLACK MEN BRING HIM THE KKK ROBES AND HELMETS, HE GETS ANGRY AND PLOTS A PLAN, WHITE DAUGHTER ARRIVES AND HE SHOWS HER THE KKK ROBES

WHITE MAN,CARPETBAGGER, SHOWS HIS PRETTY DAUGHTER (LILLAN GISH) A LETTER

WHITE COUPLE MEET IN A FIELD, CUT TO A BUNDLE AT HIS FEET, MAN ACTS SUSPICIOUS AND TRIES TO HIDE THE KKK ROBE, SHE GIVES HIM THE COLD SHOULDER, LEAVES AND RETURNS, SHE PUTS HER FINGER TO HER MOUTH IMPLYING A SECRET

ANGRY WHITE GIRL (LILLIAN GISH) LEAVES HER LOVER, LOVER'S QUARREL

WHITE SOUTHERNER SHOWS HIS YOUNG SISTER THE KKK COSTUME, HOLDS UP WHITE ROBE WITH CROSSES, SHE ACTS SILLY AND HE WARNS HER AND SHE GETS MAD AND PICKS UP A CONFEDERATE FLAG, THEY EMBRACE AND SHE GETS TO WORK

SILLY YOUNG WHITE WOMAN SKIPS THROUGH THE WOODS, BLACK MAN SEES HER AND TURNS BACK

BLACK MAN SPIES ON WHITE GIRL, CUT TO SQUIRREL, WHITE GIRL THROWS THINGS

SQUIRREL IN PINE TREE RUNS OFF

SILLY WHITE GIRL IN WOODS IS APPROACHED BY BLACK MAN (WHITE ACTOR IN BLACK FACE) GIRL IS REPULSED AND SCARED AND RUNS AWAY, STOPS TO SCREAM, DRAMATIC

WHITE GIRL CLIMBS ROCKY LEDGE, CUT TO WHITE MAN SEARCHING FRANTICALLY

GIRL JUMPS OFF CLIFF AND BODY FALLS OFF HIGH ROCKY CLIFF

WHITE MAN IN SUIT SEARCHING, FINDS ARMY HAT, REACHES TOP OF CLIFF AND LOOKS DOWN, CUT TO BODY OF GIRL STIRRING

TITLE CARD: "FOR HER WHO HAD LEARNED THE STERN LESSON OF HONOR WE SHOULD NOT GRIEVE THAT SHE FOUND SWEETER THE GATES OF DEATH."

TITLE CARD: "AND NONE GRIEVED MORE THAN THESE."

WHITE FATHER AND SON, CARPETBAGGER ARGUES WITH HIS SON

TITLE CARD: "GUS HIDES IN "WHITE-ARM JOE'S GINMILL"

WHITE MEN WORKING OUTSIDE CARRIAGE SHOP, WHEELWRIGHTS, MAN CARRIES ANVIL, BLACKSMITH

WHITE MEN TALK IN OPEN DOORWAY OF 19 CENTURY CARRIAGE SHOP, THEY LEAVE, BLACKSMITH TAKES OFF HIS LEATHER APRON AND LEAVES

WHITE BLACKSMITH LISTENS AT DOOR TO SALOON, CUT TO TAVERN INT WITH BLACK MEN (SOME ARE WHITE ACTORS IN BLACKFACE), BLACKSMITH ENTERS AND CONFRONTS BLACK MAN

FUGITIVE BLACK MAN HIDES UNDER BAR WITH BARREL (WHITE ACTOR IN BLACKFACE)

BLACK FUGITIVE HIDES IN DARK, WHITES OF HIS EYES SHOW, WHITE ACTOR IN BLACKFACE

GUN SHOT, SMOKE, WHITE BLACKSMITH FALLS DOWN AND IS SHOT AGAIN

BLACK MAN, FUGITIVE, STEALS HORSE AND RIDES AWAY

WHITE MEN MEET AND CHASE AFTER FLEEING BLACK FUGITIVE, GUN SHOTS,FUGITIVE IS SHOT AT AND KNOCKED OFF HORSE, CAPTURED AND CARRIED OFF BY WHITE MEN, CLUTCHES AT HIS HEART, DRAMATIC

KU KLUX KLAN TRIAL IN THE WOODS, ROBES WITH CROSSES AND HELMETS WITH SPIKES, BLACK FUGITIVE (WHITE IN BLACKFACE) IS DRAGGED IN, CROSS BURNS IN BACKGROUND, KLANSMAN STARTS TO LIFT HIS HOOD

THE BLACK FUGITIVE IS DRAGGED AWAY

BLACK MAN'S IS THROWN ON BACK OF HORSE, KU KLUX KLAN WITH HELMETS AND MASKS, WHITE SHEET COVERED HORSES

KU KLUX KLAN RIDES INTO TOWN WITH BLACK MAN OVER HORSE AND DUMPS HIM ON THE PORCH

WHITE MAN RETURNS HOME TO GRIEVING FAMILY AND LEAVES BUNDLE OF KKK COSTUME, PUTS HIS ARM AROUND HIS SISTER AS THEY STARE AT BODY

MULATTO LT GOVERNOR AND BLACK MAN (WHITE IN BLACKFACE) CLUTCHING HIS STRAW HAT DISCOVER BODY OF BLACK FUGITIVE ON PORCH WITH KKK SIGN

TITLE CARD: "THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED."

KU KLUX KLAN CEREMONY IN THE WOODS, MEN IN WHITE ROBES DIP CONFEDERATE FLAG INTO BASIN OF BLOOD, SECRET RITES.

SECRET CEREMONY IN WOODS, KKK, KU KLUX KLAN, NERVOUS WHITE MAN RECEIVES SMALL CROSS DIPPED IN BLOOD FROM GRAND WIZARD AND RIDES OFF ON HORSE

WHITE MAN ON HORSE,MESSENGER, LEAVES SMALL BURNING CROSS, TALKS TO KKK MEMBERS HIDING IN WOODS

WHITE WOMAN HIDES KKK ROBES IN PARLOR, REALIZES SHE WAS SPIED ON, CUT TO BLACK FACE PEEKING OUT FROM UNDER CURTAIN

WHITE WOMAN WORRIES ABOUT HOW SHE HID THE KKK COSTUME

MULATTO LT GOVERNOR SCHEMES WITH BLACK SOLDIERS PLAYED BY WHITES IN BLACK FACE

BLACK SOLDIERS ARRIVE AT SOUTHERN WHITE FAMILY'S HOUSE AND FIND KKK COSTUME ON A TIP, THEY STRUGGLE WITH ELDERLY WHITE MAN AND TAKE HIM AWAY, WOMEN SCREAM

"PART FIVE"

TITLE CARD: "THE ORGANIZATION THAT SAVED THE SOUTH FROM ANARCHY BUT NOT WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF MORE BLOOD THAN WAS SPILLED AT GETTYSBURG."

TITLE CARD: "THEIR FIRST VISIT TO TERRORIZE A NEGRO BARN BURNER AND DISTURBER."

KU KLUX KLAN MEMBERS RIDE OFF

MULATTO STATESMAN AND BLACK MEN AMBUSH THE KU KLUX KLAN RIDING BY, THEY SHOOT AND KILL THEM, KNOCK THEM OFF HORSES

MULATTO LT GOVERNOR SHOWS WHITE STATESMAN, CARPETBAGGER THE KU KLUX KLAN COSTUMES AND HELMETS, WHITE MAN PLOTS REVENGE

TITLE CARD: "WE SHALL CRUSH THE WHITE SOUTH UNDER THE HEEL OF THE BLACK SOUTH."

TITLE CARD: "YOUR LOVER BELONGS TO THIS MURDEROUS BAND OF OUTLAWS."

TITLE CARD: "THE TRYST. CONFIRMED IN HER SUSPICION, IN LOYALTY TO HER FATHER SHE BREAKS OFF THE ENGAGEMENT."

TITLE CARD: "BUT YOU NEED NOT FEAR THAT I WILL BETRAY YOU."

TITLE CARD: "OVER FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND COSTUMES MADE BY THE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH AND NOT ONE TRUST BETRAYED!"

TITLE CARD: "AGAINST HER BROTHER'S WARNING SHE GOES ALONE TO THE SPRING."

GIRL FILLS WOODEN BUCKET AT SPRING AND IS DISTRACTED, CUT TO SQUIRREL IN TREE, SHE RUNS OFF

SOUTHERN WHITE MOTHER AND SON SPEAK IN HOUSE, MAN IS AGITATED

SQUIRREL IN TREE

SILLY WHITE GIRLS CONFRONTED BY BLACK MAN IN WOODS

MS OF BLACK MAN (WHITE ACTOR IN BLACKFACE) TALKING TO WHITE GIRL IN WOODS, SHE HITS HIM AND JUMPS OVER LOG TO ESCAPE

BLACK MAN (WHITE IN BLACK FACE) TRIPPED OVER LOG AND GETS UP

CUTS BETWEEN WHITE GIRL FLEEING, BLACK MAN CHASING HER

MS OF SCARY LOOKING BLACK MAN (WHITE IN BLACKFACE)

WHITE MAN SEARCHING WOODS, DISCOVERS MAN'S COAT, SCREAMS HIS SISTER'S NAME

WHITE GIRL STANDS ON TOP OF ROCKY CLIFF

MS OF WHITE GIRL ON ROCK, CUT TO BLACK MAN BACKING OFF

WHITE SOUTHERN MAN SEARCHING THROUGH WOODS

WORRIED BLACK MAN ( ACTOR IN BLACK FACE) INCHES FORWARD WORRIED

BODY ROLLS DOWN MOUNTAIN SIDE AND LIES STILL

WHITE MAN DISCOVERS ARMY HAT, CUT TO BLACK MAN FLEEING IN THE ROCKS

WHITE MAN DISCOVER THE BODY OF HIS SISTER, EMBRACES HER, GIRL WHISPERS SOMETHING AND CRIES, SHE DIES IN HIS ARMS. MAN LOOKS UP FURIOUS

WHITE MAN CARRIES HIS DEAD SISTER'S BODY INTO HOUSE AND LAYS HER ON THE COUCH, HE HOLDS HIS GRIEVING MOTHER AND SISTER

BLACK SERVANTS CRY IN KITCHEN (WHITE ACTORS IN BLACKFACE)

WHITE FATHER AND SON, CARPETBAGGER ARGUES WITH HIS SON

TITLE CARD: "GUS HIDES IN "WHITE-ARM JOE'S GINMILL"

WHITE MEN WORKING OUTSIDE CARRIAGE SHOP, WHEELWRIGHTS, MAN CARRIES ANVIL

WHITE MEN TALK IN OPEN DOORWAY OF 19 CENTURY CARRIAGE SHOP, THEY LEAVE, BLACKSMITH TAKES OFF HIS LEATHER APRON AND LEAVES

WHITE BLACKSMITH LISTENS AT DOOR TO SALOON AND ENTERS

MS OF WHITE MAN AND BLACK MAN STARING AT EACH OTHER

FUGITIVE BLACK MAN HIDES UNDER BAR WITH BARREL

FUGITIVE (WHITE MAN IN BLACKFACE) HIDES, WHITES OF HIS EYES

GUN SHOT, SMOKE, WHITE BLACKSMITH FALLS DOWN AND IS SHOT AGAIN

BLACK MAN, FUGITIVE, STEALS HORSE AND RIDES AWAY

WHITE MEN MEET AND CHASE AFTER FLEEING BLACK FUGITIVE, GUN SHOTS AND HE IS KNOCKED OFF HORSE AND CAPTURED AND CARRIED OFF

KU KLUX KLAN TRIAL IN THE WOODS, ROBES WITH CROSSES AND HELMETS WITH SPIKES, BLACK FUGITIVE (WHITE IN BLACKFACE) IS DRAGGED IN, KLANSMAN STARTS TO LIFT HIS HOOD

THE BLACK FUGITIVE IS DRAGGED AWAY

BLACK MAN'S IS THROWN ON BACK OF HORSE, KU KLUX KLAN WITH HELMETS AND MASKS, WHITE SHEET COVERED HORSES

KU KLUX KLAN RIDES INTO TOWN WITH BLACK MAN OVER HORSE AND DUMPS HIM ON THE PORCH

KLANSMEN RIDE OFF

TITLE CARD: "MORNING"

BLACK MEN IN TOWN RUN OVER AND THEY CARRY OFF BODY, (SOME WHITES IN BLACKFACE)

BODY OF BLACK FUGITIVE IS DUMPED IN PARLOR OF NORTHERN STATESMAN, CARPETBAGGER

TITLE CARD: "HERE I RAISE THE ANCIENT SYMBOL OF AN UNCONQUERED RACE OF MEN, THE FIERY CROSS OF OLD SCOTLAND'S HILLS...I QUENCH ITS FLAME IN THE SWEETEST BLOOD THAT EVER STAINED THE SANDS OF TIME!"

TITLE CARD: "THE ORDER IS ISSUED TO PREPARE FOR ACTION."

TITLE CARD: "SPIES DISPATCHED TO SEEK OUT WHITES IN POSSESSION OF COSTUMES OF THE NEW REVOLUTION."

MULATTO LT. GOVERNOR DRINKING

TITLE CARD: "LYNCH SEIZES THE OPPORTUNITY TO WREAK VENGEANCE ON CAMERON HOUSE."

TITLE CARD: "THE ARREST"

BLACK SOLDIERS ARREST WHITE MAN, PORCH