The Execution of Mary Stuart is a short film produced in 1895. The film depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.The 18-second-long film was produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Alfred Clark and may have been the first film in history to use trained actors, as well as one of the first to use editing for the purposes of special effects. The film shows a blindfolded Mary (played by Robert Thomae) being led to the execution block.