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The birth of the robot

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Year
1936
Reference
S9207
Media type
Stills
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Rights Information
Year
1936
Reference
S9207
Media type
Stills
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Photographer
Kurt Otzen (NZFA)

Frame enlargement showing the motorist reanimated as the famous Shell Robot lubricant symbol, silhouetted against the globe.

From the stop-motion puppet animation ‘The Birth Of The Robot’, made by Len Lye as an advertisement for Shell Motor Oil in 1936.