William C. Paley Movies

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

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

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

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

American troops prepare for the invasion of Cuba.

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...

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...

"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...

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

"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..."

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

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

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

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...

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

Soldiers setting up camp.

"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...

Reporters rush to telegraph the latest war news.