William C. Paley Movies

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...

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

The title is as detailed as any description can get.

"The first U.S. Troops to land, June 22, 1898. Transports in the distance. Soldiers clamber up from boats onto the long railroad pier." - from the...

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...

Taken in Havana Harbor from a moving launch, and shows the wreck of the 'Maine' surrounded by wrecking boats and other vessels...

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

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

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.