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Elektro the Robot and Sparko the Robot Dog, 1940s - Archive Film 1093535

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This film is available to license from our website at Huntley Film Archives, by searching for film 1093535 in our Film # search bar: https://www.huntleyarchives.com/ Close up of a 1939 crude robot (called Elektro, debuted at 1939 at the World's Fair in New York), it moves its fingers and counts to five, a close up of the robot's face followed by a full view. A dog robot, Sparko, sits next to the robot. Sparko debuted at 1940 World Fair. Close up showing the robot smoking a cigarette. Huntley Film Archives is a film library holding tens of thousands of films. The large majority of the films are documentaries. Films cover a wide range of subjects and production dates range from the 1890’s to the 2020’s. As with all libraries we make no judgement on the content of our holdings and make them available for educational purposes for all to see. Films may have content or express opinions some may think inappropriate or offensive, but it is not the work of a library to censor educational resources. Films should be viewed with historical objectivity and within a context relevant to the times in which they were produced ...more
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Elektro the Robot and Sparko the Robot Dog, 1940s - Archive Film 1093535
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2023Jan 18
This film is available to license from our website at Huntley Film Archives, by searching for film 1093535 in our Film # search bar: https://www.huntleyarchives.com/ Close up of a 1939 crude robot (called Elektro, debuted at 1939 at the World's Fair in New York), it moves its fingers and counts to five, a close up of the robot's face followed by a full view. A dog robot, Sparko, sits next to the robot. Sparko debuted at 1940 World Fair. Close up showing the robot smoking a cigarette. Huntley Film Archives is a film library holding tens of thousands of films. The large majority of the films are documentaries. Films cover a wide range of subjects and production dates range from the 1890’s to the 2020’s. As with all libraries we make no judgement on the content of our holdings and make them available for educational purposes for all to see. Films may have content or express opinions some may think inappropriate or offensive, but it is not the work of a library to censor educational resources. Films should be viewed with historical objectivity and within a context relevant to the times in which they were produced

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