1901 - USA: Primitive Documentary Staged, Execution Of Czolgosz With Panorama Of Auburn Prison

1901 - USA: Primitive Documentary Staged, Execution Of Czolgosz With Panorama Of Auburn Prison Steam freight train passes in front of Auburn (?) prison wall where President McKinley’s assassin Leon Czolgosz is detained. Pan along walls of prison. 11:42:?? Studio shot of prisoner removed from cell by four guards & marched off. Dissolve to men looking at electric chair. Czolgosz brought in, sat down & strapped in. Signal given & condemned Czolgosz stiffens three times. Checked for heartbeat w/ stethoscope, all nod & look at camera. Reconstructions; Presidential Assassination Aftermath; 1900s; Edwin S Porter; Staged Actuality; Early Cinema; Thomas A. Edison Inc.;