File:The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)

Beschrijving
The Execution of Mary Stuart is a short film produced in 1895. This short film, one of the first to use camera tricks, depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. This is also one of the first if not the first film reproducing a historical scene going for the best possible realism, a description that later became a definition for a genre.

The 18-second-long film was produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Alfred Clark and may have been the first film in history to use trained actors, as well as one of the first to use editing for the purposes of special effects.

The film shows a blindfolded Mary (played by Robert Thomae) being led to the execution block.

Country: USA Release Date: August 1895