Movies: William C. Paley

  • 1898
    Tossing a Nigger in a Blanket

    Tossing a Nigger in a Blanket (1898)

    Tossing a Nigger in a Blanket

    3.81898HD

    A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of tossing in a blanket. The newly arrived recruit, who is the victim of their sport, enjoys himself, perhaps...

    Tossing a Nigger in a Blanket
  • 1976
    CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

    CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)

    CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

    7.31976HD

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

    CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
  • 1898
    Pack Mules with Ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba

    Pack Mules with Ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba (1898)

    Pack Mules with Ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba

    3.51898HD

    "A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they pass."...

    Pack Mules with Ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba
  • 1898
    Packing Ammunition on Mules, Cuba

    Packing Ammunition on Mules, Cuba (1898)

    Packing Ammunition on Mules, Cuba

    3.21898HD

    Dotting the horizon on the right of the picture is the great fleet of transports, while scattered all along the beach and piled high to the left are hundreds upon hundreds of ammunition cases....

    Packing Ammunition on Mules, Cuba
  • 1898
    U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquiri, Cuba

    U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquiri, Cuba (1898)

    U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquiri, Cuba

    31898HD

    "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 Edison Catalog...

    U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquiri, Cuba
  • 1898
    Colored Troops Disembarking

    Colored Troops Disembarking (1898)

    Colored Troops Disembarking

    31898HD

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

    Colored Troops Disembarking
  • 1898
    Soldiers Washing Dishes

    Soldiers Washing Dishes (1898)

    Soldiers Washing Dishes

    2.71898HD

    The title is as detailed as any description can get....

    Soldiers Washing Dishes
  • 1910
    In the Tall Grass Country

    In the Tall Grass Country (1910)

    In the Tall Grass Country

    01910HD

    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 newcomer to the west....

    In the Tall Grass Country
  • 1898
    Battery B Pitching Camp

    Battery B Pitching Camp (1898)

    Battery B Pitching Camp

    11898HD

    Soldiers setting up camp....

    Battery B Pitching Camp
  • 1898
    Wreck of the Battleship 'Maine'

    Wreck of the Battleship 'Maine' (1898)

    Wreck of the Battleship 'Maine'

    3.41898HD

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

    Wreck of the Battleship 'Maine'
  • 1898
    War Correspondents

    War Correspondents (1898)

    War Correspondents

    2.71898HD

    Reporters rush to telegraph the latest war news....

    War Correspondents
  • 1898
    Troops Making Military Road in Front of Santiago

    Troops Making Military Road in Front of Santiago (1898)

    Troops Making Military Road in Front of Santiago

    3.31898HD

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

    Troops Making Military Road in Front of Santiago
  • 1898
    Major General Shafter

    Major General Shafter (1898)

    Major General Shafter

    31898HD

    "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 air of avoirdupois."...

    Major General Shafter
  • 1898
    Secretary Long and Captain Sigsbee

    Secretary Long and Captain Sigsbee (1898)

    Secretary Long and Captain Sigsbee

    2.31898HD

    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 the steps......

    Secretary Long and Captain Sigsbee
  • 1900
    Dick Croker Leaving Tammany Hall

    Dick Croker Leaving Tammany Hall (1900)

    Dick Croker Leaving Tammany Hall

    3.71900HD

    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 14th Street Wigwam, accompanied by a number of prominent New York politicians....

    Dick Croker Leaving Tammany Hall
  • 1898
    U.S. Cavalry Supplies Unloading at Tampa, Florida

    U.S. Cavalry Supplies Unloading at Tampa, Florida (1898)

    U.S. Cavalry Supplies Unloading at Tampa, Florida

    3.21898HD

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

    U.S. Cavalry Supplies Unloading at Tampa, Florida
  • 1898
    Battery B Arriving at Camp

    Battery B Arriving at Camp (1898)

    Battery B Arriving at Camp

    11898HD

    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 in front and reappear in the background, dismounting, unloosing saddle girths and bridles and leading ...

    Battery B Arriving at Camp
  • 1898
    10th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion Leaving Cars

    10th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion Leaving Cars (1898)

    10th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion Leaving Cars

    31898HD

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

    10th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion Leaving Cars
  • 1898
    Cuban Volunteers Embarking

    Cuban Volunteers Embarking (1898)

    Cuban Volunteers Embarking

    31898HD

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

    Cuban Volunteers Embarking
  • 1898
    Cuban Volunteers Marching for Rations

    Cuban Volunteers Marching for Rations (1898)

    Cuban Volunteers Marching for Rations

    11898HD

    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 'forward march' and the column approaches the audience. A fine looking body of men, worthy of a people...

    Cuban Volunteers Marching for Rations