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The Massachusetts 54th colored infantry [videorecording] / Massachusetts fifty-fourth colored infantry [a Reel Deal Productions film for American Experience] ; produced and directed by Jacqueline Shearer ; telescript by Jacqueline Shearer and Leslie Lee ; story by Jacqueline Shearer - [Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, c2006 - 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in

Originally broadcast in 1991 Special features: access to the American Experience Web site

Editor, Lillian Benson ; director of photography, Arthur Jafa Editor, Lillian Benson ; director of photography, Arthur Jafa

Narrated by Morgan Freeman

Chronicles the formation and battlefield heroics of the first all-black Union regiment, the Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry. Highlights of this documentary include archival daguerreotypes, tintypes, lithographs, and commentary by various historians

Not rated


DVD; NTSC; full screen presentation; Dolby digital


Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

ISBN: 1593755384 9781593755386

Publisher. No.: WG40609 WGBH Boston Video

Source: Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American soldiers--Massachusetts

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--African Americans--Civil War, 1861-1865

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Documentary films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired