William C. Paley Movies

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

CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.

Soldiers setting up camp.

Taken at the Cuban Volunteer Camp at West Tampa, Fla. Men are falling into line, two abreast, every man with his tin cup and dish. Command is given...

Here is a freight train of thirty cars loaded with baggage and ambulance supplies for the 9th U.S. Cavalry.

American troops prepare for the invasion of Cuba.

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...

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...

Look before you leap, at hasty conclusions. Nell is a sweet girl and Bob is a good fellow; Nell is a typical Texas girl and Bob is a comparative...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Shows the despatch boat of the 'New York Journal' steaming through the water, having aboard the war correspondents.

Reporters rush to telegraph the latest war news.

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...

"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..."

"The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general...