I recently had occasion to mention this documentary in a FB group thread about the many ways visitors can quickly get oriented on the Battlefield and learn about the battle. It's been many years since Mr. LoyaltyOfDogs and I first watched it, but my initial reaction is still vivid. So here's what I wrote for readers of that FB post:
The auto tour app, also titled "The Gettysburg Story," is one of the most popular ways to quickly get acclimated to the Battlefield and history of the battle, but its companion film is a breathtaking introduction to Gettysburg unlike any we've seen in the decades that we've visited and now lived in the Gettysburg area. Watching that film, we felt a kind of timelessness, like being back in time. I don't know if that was deliberate on the part of the filmmaker, Jake Boritt, but I attributed it to a couple of features used masterfully in the filming. The night sky time-lapse photography on its own is stunning. The soundtrack of actor Stephen Lang's narration periodically blending into a soundscape of the battle and town subtly transports viewers out of our present time. And one other feature captured our imagination because of the way the cinematography relied entirely on the landscape and monuments to tell the story. No human ever appears on screen. Instead, see the faces of the soldier statues on the monuments and you'll be seeing the preserved battlefield as a memorial in the same way the visiting veterans would have seen it. Among Gettysburg documentaries, it is a remarkable presentation.
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