A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies away with it.
Practical Effects
Real eagle, fake baby, actual danger—pre-CGI chaos.
Editing
Cross-cutting between rescue and peril, Griffith-style.
Director
J. Searle Dawley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Henry B. Walthall became Griffith's 'Little Colonel' in Birth of a Nation. This was their first collaboration.
Edison Manufacturing Company produced this as a 'actuality' drama—fake documentary style that fooled audiences into thinking they watched real events.
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