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This clip contains footage of Fort Charles in Kingston Harbor, Jamaican troops, and a garden featuring a statue of Christopher Columbus in Port Royal, Jamaica.Begins with CU of a ship’s mast, PAN down to reveal it is a decoy placed on a fort at Port Royal Jamaica. Cuts to a LS of a street with Fort Charles on the left, a stone arch. Old cannons lay in front of the arch and a car parks alongside; 2 men exit. MS of Fort Charles entrance, a black and white man walk up and through the arch. MS interior Fort Charles as the 2 men enter and walk along the path. MS of the 2 men walking, a Jamaican man in uniform approaches them. MS as he gives them a tour, they pass by a cannon pointed out by the man in uniform. The 3 men walk towards the camera. Cuts to a sign commemorating Horatio Nelson (aka Admiral Lord Nelson); “You who tread his footprints remember his glory.” WS of the Fort as the men continue walking. MS of a pathway, trees create an arch over it. Uniformed Jamaican men carrying rifles march in threes down the path. They continue marching and come to a stop at the drill sergeant’s command. CU of the sergeant yelling and gesturing with his hand. The unit turns in unison, they move their rifles in front of them as they stomp. MCU as the sergeant makes commands and the soldiers follow, moving their rifles in time with the commands. They turn and march in unison towards the camera. Cuts to WS of a garden, a woman walks past with a basket on her head, to the left stands a statue of Columbus on a stone structure, palm trees are visible in BG. CU of a Jamaican woman in a straw hat standing with two young girls as they look up at the statue. MCU of the Columbus statue.