 They were intended to be shown as part of a mixed programme combining magic lantern slides with short dramatic, comic and scenic films.Charles A. Pryor of New York's Pryor and Clare was among the first photographers to make it aboard the "Carpathia" on her return from the scene of the sinking and took many pictures of Captain Rostron, the "Titanic"s survivors and "Carpathia"s crew.His subsequent advertising, published in the "New York Clipper", emphasised the likely level of popular interest