The Battle of Gettysburg (1955)

I really like the concept of this short film. Leslie Nielsen narrates the events of the battle of Gettysburg across images of the fields and statuary as they look today, or at least how they looked in 1955 and more or less in 2000 when I visited the town. Unfortunately with no action on screen and only battle sounds added to Nielsen’s voice, the film quickly becomes tedious. I still commend it for its simplicity. It was interestingly filmed in Cinemascope, which might explain why it was included as an extra on the DVD for Kismet. 

Oscar Nominations: Best Short Subject, Two-reel; Best Documentary, Short Subjects