The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895 Film) -- Directed By Alfred Clark -- Full Movie

The earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two men dance in the foreground. This film was made to demonstrate a new Thomas Edison machine, the Kinetophone. These machines were Kinetoscope peepshow viewers mated with Thomas Edison wax cylinder phonographs. But the Kinetophone never caught on and this film was never released. The film still exists, but the phonograph soundtrack has been lost -- IMDB

Directed by Alfred Clark
Produced by Thomas Edison
Starring Robert Thomae
Cinematography William Heise
Distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company
Release date
August 28, 1895
Running time
18 seconds
Country United States
Language Silent film