Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels

America's Black Army on Wheels

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 57M

Sinopse

The story of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps and their 2000-mile bicycle journey from Montana to St. Louis in 1897.

Atores

James Woodill
James Woodill
Narrator
Weston White
Weston White
James Moss
Phillip Caldwell
Phillip Caldwell
Mingo Sanders

Tripulações

Gus Chambers
Gus Chambers
Writer
Gus Chambers
Gus Chambers
Producer

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