William C. Paley Movies

A wide plain, dotted with tents, gleaming in white in the bright sunshine. Soldiers moving about everywhere...

This short film from the Edison Manufacturing Company shows, as the title pretty much sums up, some trained cavalry horses.

First comes the Chief's sleigh with old-fashioned side runners, containing the Chief and his driver. Next comes a chemical engine mounted on a stout...

The famous Madison Square Garden forms the background of this excellent picture. A number of very fine automobiles pass in this strip, coming close...

"Shows 34th Michigan boys hard at work with pick and shovel, preparing the way for passage of seige guns."

Views of the burial in Key West of victims of the USS Maine.

Taken at Washington, in front of the Navy Department, and shows Secretary of the Navy Long and Captain Sigsbee of the ill-fated 'Maine' coming down...

American troops prepare for the invasion of Cuba.

Hurrah here they come! Hot, dusty, grim and determined! Real soldiers, every inch of them! No gold lace and chalked belts and shoulder straps...

We see a dozen or so Cubans walking a plank onto a ship.

This boat was the first one to leave for the South with troops. On board is a battalion of the 5th U.S. Infantry.