The Battle of Gettysburg

5.8
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 30 min
  • Premiere: 1955. December 1.

This film was shot entirely at the Gettysburg National Military Park, where the decisive battle of the American Civil War was fought. Leslie Nielsen narrates the story while contemporary songs and the sounds of battle are heard in the background. The sites of the various engagements, the statues of the leaders of the Northern and Southern troops, and the battlefield cemetery are featured. President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is read at the end.

Discover

Leslie Nielsen

Narrator (voice)

Frank Ferguson

Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)

Camera

George J. Folsey

Director of Photography

Directing

Herman Hoffman

Director

Editing

Production

Dore Schary

Producer

Sound

Writing

Dore Schary

Writer

Camera

George J. Folsey

Director of Photography

Directing

Herman Hoffman

Director

Editing

Production

Dore Schary

Producer

Sound

Writing

Dore Schary

Writer