Gettysburg National Military Park Pennsylvania-1958: Close View of a Confederate Battery Tablet Against a Fieldstone Wall

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationGettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, United States
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What is in this clip

American Civil War
battlefield commemoration
Confederate artillery
heritage tourism
historical markers
memory and memorials

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Battlefield park roadside with a cast unit tablet set against a fieldstone wall and trees
Time and weather: day · summer · clear
Lighting: Shaded daylight with low exposure and a bright glint on the plaque
People: 0 · No people visible.
Landmarks: Ashland Artillery tablet, Gettysburg National Military Park
Objects: cast battlefield tablet · raised lettering · fieldstone wall · foliage
Readable signs: ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA · LONGSTREET'S CORPS ARTILLERY RESERVE · ALEXANDER'S BATTALION · WOOLFOLK'S BATTERY · THE ASHLAND VIRGINIA ARTILLERY · TWO 20 POUNDER PARROTTS AND TWO NAPOLEONS
Colors: navy blue · white · olive green · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The shot opens on the tablet's headings with leaves and sky above.
The frame drifts slightly, showing the stone wall at both edges.
The camera holds on the full plaque, with the lower text lines in view, until the end.

Close View of a Confederate Battery Tablet Against a... — Clip Details

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, circa 1958 home movie footage of a Confederate battery tablet. The camera holds a close view of the dark cast plaque, whose raised white letters read Army of Northern Virginia, Longstreet's Corps Artillery Reserve, Alexander's Battalion, Woolfolk's Battery, The Ashland Virginia Artillery. A fieldstone wall and green leaves frame the marker on both sides. The single handheld 8mm shot drifts slightly but the headings stay readable throughout.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001576

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Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip fits requests for circa-1950s amateur colour footage of Gettysburg unit markers, for Civil War history, park interpretation or heritage-tourism productions.
Period detail: The frame holds only the tablet, wall and leaves, so the date rests on the reel's 1950s cars, and the colour and grain may show mid-century 8mm stock.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stopped and framed the whole tablet so its text could be read later, keeping a personal record of the battlefield visit.
What appears in frame: A dark cast tablet with raised white headings fills the frame, with fieldstone wall on both sides, green leaves and patches of sky above, and a small glint at the lower right corner.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, a cool blue cast and gentle handheld drift give the shot the texture of projected 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: Use it as an insert or cutaway that names a specific Confederate unit, or as a reading beat between wider battlefield shots.
Historical context: The tablet records the Ashland Artillery under Capt. Pichegru Woolfolk Jr. in Alexander's Battalion, Longstreet's Corps, with two 20-pounder Parrotts and two Napoleons.
Research note: No people appear, and the marker is a public memorial on federal parkland; copyright in the film is a separate matter from any property or permit questions for the site.
Research search match: Gettysburg battlefield tablet 8mm, Ashland Artillery marker home movie, Confederate battery plaque 1950s film, Longstreet's Corps artillery Gettysburg footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair with this reel's Lincoln's Gettysburg Address plaque and observation tower clips, then other Gettysburg markers of the period, then the reel's Yorktown First Siege Line sign.

Still Frames From This Clip

Ashland Virginia Artillery tablet at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, circa 1958, with leaves and sky above — The Woolfolk's Battery tablet, with leaves and sky over its top edge, Gettysburg, circa 1958.
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Close view of a Confederate battery marker on the Gettysburg battlefield, Pennsylvania, filmed on 8mm circa 1958 — Headings name Alexander's Battalion and two 20-pounder Parrotts and two Napoleons.
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Text of the Ashland Artillery plaque on West Confederate Avenue, Gettysburg, in circa 1958 amateur colour film — The camera settles on the plaque's body text describing the battery's positions.
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Civil War artillery tablet at Gettysburg National Military Park, circa 1958, seen in a handheld 8mm home movie — Final hold on the Ashland Virginia Artillery tablet before the shot ends.
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