Uploaded December 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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While no one has actual footage of President Lincoln at Gettysburg in 1863, NBC News Archives does have some wonderful re-enactment footage of Lincoln's arrival in town and the address, shot on 16mm film in 1952. This elaborate footage includes extras in Civil War period costumes and a bandstand where the actor portraying Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.

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