Watch this full feature documentary titled Executions which was filmed in 1995 and delivers exactly what its title suggests – videos of executions. The documentary offers an objective look at death penalty and state sponsored killing throughout different countries around the world. The documentary is divided into subchapters offering specific look into various execution methods and focuses a lot on humane killing.

I really liked one of the opening paragraphs in the documentary, which could be used for Best Gore as well, given number of threats I get from people who disregarded warnings, proceeded to watch the videos and found them much more difficult to handle than they had thought. Offended and upset, they sought revenge in threatening to shut the site down. The opening paragraph from Executions documentary says it best:

This film is a legacy of those executed. Images of their death are used to educate the living. To suppress such images on the grounds of taste is the ultimate indecency.

The chapters covered by the documentary include:

Introduction to execution, genocide and other atrocities throughout the history of mankind, including the introduction of guillotine, a means of humane execution

Beheading

Stoning

Shooting

Chemical Killing (Gas Chambers, Lethal Injection)

Electrocution

Guillotining

The documentary contains footage of many executions that took place throughout 20th century all over the world. It holds nothing back and depicts capital punishment for what it is. The scenes contained within the documentary include among others:

The Killing of a Policeman by Stoning in Haiti, October 2, 1986

The Killing of Linwood Briley, Virginia, October 12, 1984

Mass, Ritualized Beheadings in China

Beheadings of Marauders in China

Stoning to Death of South African Woman, Sebokeng, South Africa, 1991

Execution of Jews in Nazi Concentration Camps

The Killing of Chinese Citizen in Manchuria, 1930’s

Gas Chamber Killing of Robert Alton Harris, California, April 1992

Execution of Czolgosz, With Panorama of Auburn Prison (Thomas A. Edison Movie, 1901, H10605)

Life, Love, Death – a movie by Claude Lelouch, 1968

Guatemala Firing Squad Executions, 1955

The Killing of Villagers by Decapitation after “Disappearance” in El Salvador, 1984

The Killing of Vietkong Soldier, Vietnam, October 15, 1964

Shanghai Public Shootings

The Killing of Arab Citizens, Tanzania 1964

Slaughters in Rwanda, Rwandan Massacre of 1994

The Killing of Tutsi, Kilgali 1994

Execution of Robert Manne in Liberia, Africa on November 22, 1992

Executions of the Firing Squad of Saddam Hussein in Iraq

The Killing of Kurdish Civilians, Iraq, Late 1980’s

Gas Bombings of Halabja, Iraq

Genocidal Executions in Former Yugoslavia

Execution Chambers Where Men Were Killed with Hammers in Bosnia, 1992

Hezbollah Executions in Beirut During Lebanon’s Civil War

Execution of Mohammadine by Hezbollah Fire Squad (full video also found on Best Gore)

and more……

Following stats were provided in the movie, showing how many executions were carried out in particular parts of the world:

Western Colonies (1900 – 1945) – 200,000 Executions

Armenians (1916) – 600,000 Executions

World War I, Military and Civilian – 400,000 Executions

Russian Civil War (1917 – 1919) – 100,000 Executions

Stalin’s Purges (1930’s) – 1,300,000 Executions

Japan/China Occupation (1930’s) – 200,000 Executions

The Holocaust (1941 – 1945) – 6,000,000 Executions

German Third Reich (1933 – 1945) – 1,000,000 Executions

World War II, German Military – 3,500,000 Executions

World War II, Japan Military/Civilian – 1,000,000 Executions

World War II, Soviet Military/Civilian – 1,000,000 Executions

World War II, Allied Military/Civilian – 400,000 Executions

China Civil War (1945 – 1949) – 200,000 Executions

China (1949 – 1995) – 1,500,000 Executions

African post Colonial – 3,000,000 Executions

Middle East Civilian – 600,000 Executions

U.S. Civilian (including lynching, 1900 – 1995) – 20,000 Executions

European Civilian (1900 – 1995) – 100,000 Executions

India/Pakistan Post Colonial – 500,000 Executions

Indonesia 1965 Coup – 500,000 Executions

Vietnam Wars (1954 – 1975) – 200,000 Executions

Cambodia (1975 – 1979) – 1,000,000 Executions

South America Civil & War (1965 – 1995) – 700,000 Executions

Soviet Wars/Invasions (1945 – 1995) – 100,000 Executions

Soviet Internal Gulags (1945 – 1990) – 250,000 Executions

East Timor (1975 – 1995) – 100,000 Executions

Rwanda (1994) – 700,000 Executions

Iran/Iraq War & Kurdish (1975 – 1995) – 200,000 Executions

The movie was directed by David Herman, Arun Kumar and David Monaghan. The script was written by David Herman and David Monaghan.