William C. Paley

[1] He worked with X-rays before health issues led him to switch to film projects.

[2] He then worked for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. and made many films related to the U.S. war effort against Spain in Cuba.

Edison met it with a lawsuit asserting copyright infringement over his film technology.

[7] The play received newspaper coverage[8] in part because of fraudulent claims it was filmed in Germany and captured the original production when it was actually a staged recreation.

[7] Paley collaborated with Journal reporter Karl Decker and filmed the funeral procession of the U.S.S.

Film of USS Indiana (1898)