Family discovers lost 1897 film in old trunk - and it features cinema's first robot

"It was just this trunk of films that seemed too good to throw away. But I had no idea what they were or how to show them." ...

RAW VIDEO: Long-lost 'robot' film by pioneering 19th-century auteur Georges Méliès discovered and restored

Credit: Shawn Miller. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center/Library of Congress/Cover Images A lost film by pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès has been discovered in the U.S. and ...

A Lost Film From 1897 Features Cinema’s First Robot. No One Knew It Existed Until Now

For anyone who has ever dreamed of stumbling upon a cinematic holy grail in a dusty attic, this story delivers. A Michigan ...
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A Rare 1897 Film Discovered in an Old Trunk in Michigan Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a Robot

Filmmaker Georges Méliès employed some of his signature special effects techniques to create comedy in "Gugusse and the ...
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Lost 1897 Méliès film with cinema's first robot restored

The Library of Congress has restored a long-lost 1897 Georges Méliès short film, Gugusse and the Automaton, believed to feature cinema’s earliest robot. The 45-second reel was found in a deteriorating ...

Curators at Library of Congress discover lost film by legendary cinema pioneer after spotting 'subtle clue'

The Library of Congress discovered a lost 1897 film by Georges Méliès, a legendary pioneer of special effects, featuring one ...
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Found: The 19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack

The Library of Congress has found and restored a long-lost silent film by Georges Méliès. The famed 19th century French filmmaker is best known for his groundbreaking 1902 science fiction adventure ...