The Martyred Presidents

The Martyred Presidents is a 1901 American film directed by Edwin S. Porter.

In the second shot, which runs just over eight seconds long, an assassin kneels feet of Lady Justice.Evocative of early magic lantern and Phantasmagoria shows, The Martyred Presidents is part of a cycle of films made by the Edison Studios to chronicle the McKinley assassination in Buffalo, New York at the 1901 PanAmerican Exposition. An Edison catalog from the time suggests to exhibitors that The Martyred Presidents be used as a closing tableau when ...shown in connection with the funeral ceremonies of the illustrious McKinley. ........

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