Colored troops disembarking / motion picture

"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; and it is laughable to see the extreme caution displayed by the soldiers clambering down. The commanding officer struts on the wharf, urging them to hurry. Two boat stewards in glistening white duck coats, are interested watchers--looking for "tips" perhaps. The picture is full of fine light and shadow effects. 50 feet"--Edison films "war extra" catalog.
31436 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1898; 31436.
Duration: 0:47 at 16 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1287) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Filmed May 1-3, 1898, in Tampa, Florida.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 426; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 91; Edison films "war extra" catalog, May 10, 1898, p. 6 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9359 to FZA 2449.