sentences:  Other evidence of cuts were extant film stills of scenes that did not appear in the surviving film copy, and viewers' descriptions that differed from the current version of the film.It is considered an important expression of African-American life in the years immediately following World War I, when violent racist incidents occurred throughout the United States, but most frequently in the South.In 1992, "Within Our Gates" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant".