Electrocuting an Elephant

1903 silent film
Movie short_film Q1325978
Electrocuting an Elephant
Edwin S. Porter or Jacob Blair Smith / Edison Manufacturing Company · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Electrocuting an Elephant

Summary

Electrocuting an Elephant is a short film[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Electrocuting an Elephant's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant was directed by Thomas Edison[4].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's genre is silent film[5].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's genre is documentary film[6].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant was produced by Edison Studios[7].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's depicts is recorded as Topsy[8].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's depicts is recorded as electrocution[9].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's director of photography is recorded as Edwin Stanton Porter[10].
  • The original language of Electrocuting an Elephant was English[11].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's Commons category is recorded as Electrocuting an Elephant[12].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's color is recorded as black-and-white[13].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant was released on January 1, 1903[15].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's distributed by is recorded as Edison Manufacturing Company[16].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Electrocuting an Elephant'}[17].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+74'}[18].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[19].
  • Electrocuting an Elephant's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Electrocuting an Elephant was produced by Edison Studios[7]. It was directed by Thomas Edison[4].

Publication

Electrocuting an Elephant was released on January 1, 1903[15]. The original language of it was English[11]. Genres include silent film[5] and documentary film[6].

Why It Matters

Electrocuting an Elephant has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · Reinheitsgebot bot · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status public domain
    Aspect ratio (w:h) 4:3
    Color black-and-white
    Internet archive id silent-electrocuting-an-elephant
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