[Konamama]

Originally Posted by güttsfükk ↗

digital video montage dealing with guillotine execution in the early part of the 20th century; most notably that of eugene weidmann in 1939. the enthusiasm of the crowd, as well as the fact that the event was filmed from an apartment window, became major factors in the french governments decision to ban public executions. as a result, the weidmann execution was the last public guillotining in france before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1981. musical setting is the viola solo "elegie" by igor stravinsky.



2nd clip is just the Weidmann execution



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Thanks for the detailed historical background.

[*Ragdoll_Cutie*]

Weird to think Anne Marie Antoinette was killed that way too. She was only about 15-17 years old

[Riddla]

Did some reading, the blade was close to 90lbs in weight. Dropped a total of 88 inches. Cutting with a close to 900 lbs psi

[CatBatMan]

Originally Posted by Mutilatedmind ↗

Call me crazy but I wish they still had these around.

Can’t use them in the US because OSHA requires a new, sterile blade to be used for each execution.

[FuManBoobs]

Just for jokes right after you hear the blade released you could say "I buried the gold in..."

[scoRch]

Once I read an interview with retired executioner from a french prison, they used guillotines, and he said sometimes he had to use knife to finish the job, when the blade got stuck in the middle of throat. Imagine that shit, nasty.

[John Doenut]

I did read somewhere that during the French Revolution a father and son execution crew had a busy morning chopping of the heads and there was so much blood on the wooden platform that the son slipped in the blood, went over the edge and broke his neck when he hit the floor.
Most of the executioners from the 1920 onwards were from two or three families and tended to intermarry within their tight group where possible.
If I remember correctly, the French nickname for executioners was “Burro” or something similar.
Under a quirk of French law, from 1900 onwards, no prisoner could be executed when still in official prison custody.
So, just after their Toilet de Mort, basically a quick haircut and having their shirt collar cut off, the condemned prisoner was officially released from prison custody and was required to sign a document to say he’d been ceremonially released.
When that was out of the way, the guards then quickly marched him to meet Madam Guillotine and the executioners performed their well rehearsed task.

[squeamishless]

Originally Posted by Natarella ↗

The blade moves slower then I thought it would. That almost gives you time to think before the actual severing of the head.

The original editor slowed down the film when the lever was pulled. It is actually much faster in reality. I think someone somewhere fixed this clip so it's more true to form.