- Published: [S.l.] : PBS Home Video, c2000.
- Year Published: 2000
- Description: 1 videocassette (60 min) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- ISBN/Standard #:0780633253 :
- Language: English
- Format: VHS
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- United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 25th. -- Bicycle Corps.
- United States. -- Army. -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century.
- Military cycling -- History.
- Bicycles and bicycling -- History.
- African Americans -- History -- 19th century. -- West (U.S.)
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"In 1897, the U.S. Army theorized that the newly developed 'safety' bicycle could replace the horse as means of troop transport. As a result, the 25th Infantry established a Bicycle Corps to test the overall practicality of military cycling. Twenty African-American soldiers put their bicycles, their bodies and the Army's theory to the test with a 2000-mile ride from Montana to St. Louis, Missouri. The Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels chronicles their journey through the eyes of two black sergeant who guided and motivated the men."--container.
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