watch closely this is a fake just b4 he drops the axe there is a slight jump on the imace and she is replaced by a dummy
and i dont think there was any video cameras back then or wed have lots more important things recorded also

Eh, Mary, queen of scots, was beheaded in 1587. The video camera was invented in 1951. How about telling us who this really is?

Explanation of first comment:

In the 1920s, American engineer, Philo Taylor Farnsworth devised the television camera, an image dissector, which converted the image captured into an electrical signal.

The first camcorder patent was issued to the prolific American inventor Jerome Lemelson in 1980. Lemelson, who passed away in 1997, had tried to patent the idea for a camcorder in 1977, but the U.S. Patent Office rejected him, claiming the idea was too far-fetched and that no company could ever be able to manufacture and sell the device.

Charles Ginsburg led the research team at Ampex Corporation in developing the first practical videotape recorder (VTR). In 1951, the first video tape recorder (VTR) captured live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses and saving the information onto magnetic tape. Ampex sold the first VTR for $50,000 in 1956.The first VCassetteR or VCR were sold by Sony in 1971

wow, I wonder if thats the real footage from the execution of Mary. But, how did they have video then? It looks like a real beheading from the famous execution of history, but how could that be? well wow looks great. I did read something about taking old photos and making vids, no idea if this is it

OK guys, I found this video and what it said was that it is a video compiled of stills into video. No video was not invented yet, but they claim at the turn of the century or close to it still cams were around and that is what this is… but I really do not know the truth. I thought it was cool though.

One more thing, sorry it takes so long to get the comments up, but I get so much spam that I gotta keep them in Q and approve 1 by 1. These pill idiots are driven me nuts with dozens of spam comments for viagra or whatever

found more info about the video

From the Library of Congress website: Representing the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots. A realistic reproduction of an historic scene.

Pure bullshit. Waste of broadband