Electrocuting an Elephant (1903)

Name: Electrocuting an Elephant
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1903-01-12

Running Time

January 12, 1903
Release Date

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Plot.

This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.

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Cast & Crew.

Carl Goliath

Self (elephant handler)

Topsy

Self

Edwin S. Porter

Director

Thomas A. Edison

Producer

Jacob Blair Smith

Cinematographer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 12, 1903

Status
Released

Running Time
1m

Wiki.

Electrocuting an Elephant (also known as Electrocution of an Elephant) is a 1903 American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film of the killing of the elephant Topsy by electrocution at a Coney Island amusement park. It was produced by the Edison film company (part of the Edison Manufacturing Company) and is believed to have been shot by Edwin S. Porter or Jacob Blair Smith.