"18.0"^^ . "Alfred Clark"@en . . . "The Execution of Mary Stuart"@en . "USA"@en . "The 18-second-long film was produced by Thomas Edison and may have been the first film in history to use trained , as well as one of the first to use editing for the purposes of special effects. The film shows an uncredited, blindfolded actress (playing Mary) being led to the execution block. The executioner raises his axe and an edit occurs during which the actress is replaced by a mannequin. The mannequin's head is chopped off and the executioner holds it in the air as the film ends."@en . "1"^^ . . . "The 18-second-long film was produced by Thomas Edison and may have been the first film in history to use trained , as well as one of the first to use editing for the purposes of special effects. The film shows an uncredited, blindfolded actress (playing Mary) being led to the execution block. The executioner raises his axe and an edit occurs during which the actress is replaced by a mannequin. The mannequin's head is chopped off and the executioner holds it in the air as the film ends."@en . . "Robert Thomae"@en . "The Execution of Mary Stuart"@en . . . . "132134"^^ . "Edison Manufacturing Company"@en . "132134"^^ . "Silent film"@en . . . "Screen capture of a digitized version of the film"@en . . "August, 1895"@en . "The Execution of Mary Stuart"@en . "William Heise"@en .