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Execution of Czolgosz, with Panorama of Auburn Prison
(1901) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Edwin S. Porter

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 9 November 1901 by Thomas A. Edison [H10605]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot at Auburn Prison in Auburn, New York, and at the Edison film studios in New York, New York.

Documentary-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Buildings - Death - Electric chairs - Executions - Locomotives - Medical examiners - Prisons - Railroad cars - Smoke - Steam - Trains - USA: New York: Auburn

Listing updated: 10 August 2010.

References: Fell-History p. 37; Musser-Emerge pp. 320, 330, 601; Niver-Early p. 94; Robinson-Palace p. 80.

Home video: DVD.