Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A retired educator from Grand Rapids, Michigan, knew the battered trunk full of old film reels he had inherited was probably worth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A strip of film from George Méliès' 1897 short "Gugusse and the Automaton," which is thought to be the first film to feature what ...

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema. The Library of Congress has found and restored a long-lost ...

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 ...

A screenshot from George Méliès's Gugusse et l'Automate. The pioneering French filmmaker's 1897 short, which likely features the first known depiction of a robot on film, was thought lost until it was ...