The Battle of Gettysburg (1955 film)
- The Battle of Gettysburg (1955 film)
Infobox Film
name = The Battle of Gettysburg
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director = Herman Hoffman
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writer = Dore Schary
narrator = Leslie Nielsen
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music = period Civil War music
cinematography = Eastmancolor
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distributor = MGM
released = 1955
runtime = 30 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0047862
"The Battle of Gettysburg" is a 1955 documentary film about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards.
The documentary was filmed in Eastmancolor entirely on location at the Gettysburg National Military Park in south-central Pennsylvania. Leslie Nielsen provides narration, while songs from the Civil War era are played in the background, along with the sounds of battle. At the end of the film, Nielsen reads the Gettysburg Address.
In 1956, the film was nominated for Oscars for Best Documentary, Short Subjects (Dore Schary) and Best Short Subject, Two-reel (also for Dore Schary). [imdb database]
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