Plot

The Gettysburg Story brings alive America's greatest battle in a fresh, dynamic way. Cutting-edge technologies including aerial drone cinematography, helicopter mounted cameras, motion control time-lapse, and 3D animated maps bring the stories of Lincoln, Lee, Meade, and others to a new generation. Filmmaker Jake Boritt's documentary is based on the best-selling Battlefield Auto Tour. The Gettysburg Story is narrated by acclaimed actor Stephen Lang (Avatar, Gettysburg, Gods & Generals). Unprecedented access to the Gettysburg National Military Park brings never before seen imagery of the exact ground where events changed the course of history. You'll see Gettysburg - a unique, timeless American place - as it's never been seen before.—Jake Boritt

'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. July 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. This three-day battle changed the course of American history. In 1863 George Meade's Union army defeated Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the bloodiest battle in American history. Four months later Abraham Lincoln dedicated the National Cemetery by delivering his Gettysburg Address calling for "a new birth of freedom."

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.