Electrocuting an Elephant

2.6
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 1 min
  • Premiere: 1903. January 12.

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

Discover

Carl Goliath

Himself (Elephant Handler)

Topsy

Herself

Camera

Jacob Blair Smith

Director of Photography

Edwin S. Porter

Director of Photography

Directing

Edwin S. Porter

Director

Production

Thomas A. Edison

Producer

Camera

Jacob Blair Smith

Director of Photography

Edwin S. Porter

Director of Photography

Directing

Edwin S. Porter

Director

Production

Thomas A. Edison

Producer