The 19th Century Silent Film That First Captured a Robot Attack

The 19th Century Silent Film That First Captured a Robot Attack

The Library of Congress has restored Gugusse et l'Automate, an 1897 short by Georges Melies that likely features the first robot ever shown on film. Long thought lost, the reel was discovered in a box of decaying nitrate films donated from a Michigan family collection. NPR reports: The film, which ...