Electrocuting an Elephant
Shocking real-life event: builders, animal rights activists, and history buffs will find this electrifying and tragic moment captivating.
Genres: Documentary
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Electrocuting an Elephant
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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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This is a despicable, horrible little film.
The more I learn about Edison, the more I really dislike him.
Well, uh, that was something. Why is this even classified as a movie? It''s just a 1 minute film about a group of guys electrocuting and killing an elephant. From what I understand, and what the description of the video states: '"Topsy the Elephant belonged to the Forepaugh Circus and spent the last years of her life at Coney Island''s Luna Park. Because she killed one trainer (who burned her trunk with a lit cigar), and subsequently became aggressive towards two other keepers who had struck her with a pitchfork, Topsy was deemed a threat to people by her owners and killed by electrocution on January 4, 1903 at the age of 36. Inventor Thomas Edison oversaw and conducted the electrocution, and he captured the event on film. Edison used the film in his campaign against George Westinghouse and AC technology.'" Edison didn''t just electrocute the elephant because he felt like it, he just oversaw the execution, which the elephant was going to be hanged originally anyways. **DO YOUR RESEARCH, YOU CRYBABIES.**
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