Motion Picture MP64-5

Gettysburg

Administrative Information

Footage
1008 feet
Running Time
28 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. by Roy Meredith and William Kaland
Restrictions
Restricted
Description
A pictorial history of the Civil War, adapted from the book Mr. Lincoln's Cameraman: Mathew B. Brady. This film emphasizes the Battle of Gettysburg.
Date(s)
1958

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

    Reel 1
00:00 Introduction: Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and one that each side felt they must win.
00:28 Pictures of Gettysburg.
01:12 Introduction and credits.
02:00 Gettysburg today – scenes of specific battles.
03:13 Lincoln’s description of the Civil War.
03:33 George Meade – never won or lost a battle.
04:00 Biographical sketch of Jefferson Davis.
04:17 Biographical sketch of Robert E. Lee.
04:37 Biographical sketch of Robert Toombs.
04:50 Landmarks at Gettysburg.
05:14 Account of Battle of Gettysburg, really begins at Chancellorsville where the South won but Stonewall Jackson was killed.
05:58 Description of the Army of Northern Virginia and its leaders.
08:07 Description of the Army of the Potomac.
09:25 Interlude.
09:33 Lee disappears into the Shenandoah Valley as he marches north.
10:15 War Department and Lincoln wait for news. Rumor has Lee everywhere from Baltimore to New York. Hooker and Meade are ordered to find Lee and stop his army.
11:56 July 1, 1863, battle of Gettysburg begins – pictures of battle scenes.
12:42 Battle map.
13:10 Battle scenes – Hancock arrives – saves day for the Union.
13:50 First day of battle ends.
14:12 July 2, 1863, battle scenes of second day of fighting.
14:50 Battle map.
14:57 Battle scenes of cemetery Little Round Top.
15:28 General Meade waits at headquarters. Soldiers on both sides wait out the foggy humid morning.
16:51 Union’s Third Corp marches across valley. Confederates open fire. Union defeated. Battle scenes.
18:24 At sundown the battle ends; more scenes of carnage.
19:20 July 3, 1863 – last day of battle Confederate leaders disagree.
21:10 Union and Confederate forces start firing artillery at 1 p.m. ends at 3 p.m. Pickett charges toward his 18,000 men, the center of the Union line.
23:33 Union soldiers fire on Pickett’s men. 15,000 of 18,000 killed, fierce hand-to-hand combat.
25:10 Battle of Gettysburg ends. Lee concedes defeat. Meade did not realize he had won. Lincoln knew that there was no victory at Gettysburg.
26:26 Meanwhile on the western front, Grant took Vicksburg.
26:50 One hour after Battle of Gettysburg war over Brady was there – pictures of battle scenes he took.
28:00 Credits.