William C. Paley Movies

Reporters rush to telegraph the latest war news.

A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of...

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

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore.

When Battery B of the 4th U.S. Artillery came to Tampa, Fla., it meant business, and the picture shows it. One by one the big artillery-men pass by...

"Imagine forty or fifty soldier boys each with a pail of water on the ground before him, sousing and spattering and scrubbing away for dear life..."

A group of escaped reconcentrados, saved from the fate of starvation imposed by the Butcher, Weyler.

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...

American troops prepare for the invasion of Cuba.

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

The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) presents scenes from the famed Bavarian passion play, dramatizing the final days of Jesus Christ—from...

A very lifelike picture of the famous New York politician and Tammany Hall boss. This picture was taken on Sunday morning [sic] as he was leaving the...

A most excellent picture of the grim old fortress which stands at the entrance of Havana Harbor...