A clown fought a robot in 1897, and we can finally watch it

A 45-second film from 1897 — the earliest known cinematic depiction of a robot-like figure — has been rediscovered after being lost for over a century. A nitrate print of Georges Méliès' Gugusse et l'Automate turned up in Michigan and was restored by the Library of Congress, which means you can now watch it for the first time in generations. — Read the rest

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