The birth of the robot

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Year
1936
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S15983
Media type
Stills
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Rights Information
Year
1936
Reference
S15983
Media type
Stills
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa

Frame enlargement showing one of the final intertitles for ‘The Birth Of The Robot’. Full-length shot of the carousel ‘machine’ featuring the sun, planet and heavens against a blue, starry background. The shot is overlaid with text that reads: “Modern Worlds need Modern Lubrication”.

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