The Gettysburg Story (1 Viewer)

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This is a movie made by Jake Boritt, son of the renowned Civil War scholar. A brief snippet of the film is available at Gettysburgstory.com

From the website:

'The Gettysburg Story' film dramatically tells the history of the greatest battle fought in the Western Hemisphere. Narrated by Stephen Lang (Avatar, Gettysburg) and directed by Jake Boritt, the stories of characters who experience the battle come alive through dynamic, innovative imagery that captures the historic battleground as you have never seen it before.


Over the last 150 years, the Battle of Gettysburg has become the stuff of legend, told and retold using contemporary technologies of each generation: from glass plate negatives to woodcut prints, black and white silent films, bestselling novels and TV miniseries.


Now, using cutting edge technologies – including high definition radio control aerial drone cinematography, motion control time-lapse footage, dynamic digital geolocation graphic maps, and more – we are bringing the story of Gettysburg alive for the latest generation.


This film captures Gettysburg – a unique, timeless American place – in a new way. Through years of preparation and close cooperation with the National Park Service, we have been granted unprecedented access to the 6,000-acre battlefield. And the latest imaging and editing technologies allow the presentation and reinterpretation of the timeless Civil War narrative, capturing the iconic landscape of the town and battlefield, for a new generation of viewers.
 
I've seen this film, but can't remember for the life of me on what station it was. It is very well done and the aerial views alone make it worth while. -- Al
 
Sorry about that. Didn't remember the original thread.

Brad
 
It aired on PBS the week of the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg address, I thought it was great, the aerial terrain shots are stunning.

As someone who does large battlefiel dioramas, this sort of footage is a great plus for me and in my planning of my dioramas.

I bought a copy to support PBS; wish they'd do more of these at other ACW battlefields, specifically Antietam............
 

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