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Movie: African-American Troops Disembarking at Port Tampa

From Edison films "war extra" catalog: The steamer "Mascotte" has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2d Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore. Tide is very high, and the gang plank is extra steep;...extreme caution [is] displayed by the soldiers clambering down. The commanding officer struts on the wharf, urging them to hurry. Filmed ca. May 1-3, 1898, in Tampa, Florida.

Movie credit: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.

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