A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long Island.

A copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a 1915 film thought to be lost forever, was found by an intern sifting through donated reels at a New York film archive. WNBC's Greg Cergol reports.

A 1915 movie about the life of Abraham Lincoln, previously thought lost forever, was found on Long Island. “The Heart of Lincoln,” released by Universal, is a silent film about American life during the Civil War.

A Long Island film archivist and his intern made a historic discovery when they found the reels of “The Heart of Lincoln”, a 16-millimeter silent film from 1915 that was long considered lost.