First shot using special effects

First shot using special effects
Who
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
What
first
Where
United States (Edison Laboratories,West Orange,New Jersey)
When
1895
The silent, minute-long Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (USA, 1895), shot at the Edison Laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey, USA, was the first piece of film footage to use stop-action, giving the impression of a beheading. So compelling was the scene that some viewers at the time believed an actress had given her life to film it! Film is also known as The Execution of Mary Stuart .