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Film, Video The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots Execution

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About this Item

Title

  • The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

Other Title

  • Execution

Summary

  • "Representing the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots. A realistic reproduction of an historic scene"--Maguire & Baucus catalogue.

Names

  • Clark, Alfred, 1873-1950, production.
  • Thomae, Robert, 1865-1906, cast.
  • Heise, William, camera.
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1895]

Headings

  • -  Mary,--Queen of Scots,--1542-1587--Death and burial
  • -  Executions and executioners--England--Fotheringhay

Genre

  • Historical reenactments (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Robert Thomae (Mary).
  • -  Camera, William Heise.
  • -  Duration: 0:15 at 30 fps.
  • -  Filmed August 28, 1895, at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, N.J.
  • -  According to Musser's Emergence of cinema, cameraman Heise used "stop-motion substitution" to show the decapitation of Mary, played by Robert Thomae, secretary and treasurer of the Kinetoscope Company. Just before the beheading, the camera was stopped, Thomae was replaced by a dummy, and the filming resumed.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 189; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 7 [MI]; Musser, C. The emergence of cinema, p. 86-87.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8101 to FYA 3329.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (27 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FYA 3329 (viewing print)

Source Collection

  • Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694120

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Thomae, Robert, Cast, William Heise, and Inc Thomas A. Edison. The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. produceds by Clark, Alfred, Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1895] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694120/.

APA citation style:

Thomae, R., Heise, W. & Thomas A. Edison, I. (1895) The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Clark, A., prod [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694120/.

MLA citation style:

Thomae, Robert, Cast, William Heise, and Inc Thomas A. Edison. The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. prod by Clark, Alfred, Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1895] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694120/>.