Island of Mystery

Duration: 10 min

Genre: Social Science

Creator: Lowell Thomas

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Credits: Lowell Thomas

Description: A little known episode in American military annals. A Yankee "Gibraltar" on the Dry Tortugas, originally intended to dominate the Carribbean. Its use as a military prison reveals grim story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, charged with complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln.

Metadata Source:Bell & Howell Filmosound Library Catalog of Educational Motion Pictures, 1942