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« Gugusse et l’Automate » (George Méliès, vers 1897; vidéo, 45 sec)
🔸La première apparition au cinéma de ce qu’on pourrait appeler un robot.
🔸Film découvert et restauré à la Bibliothèque du Congrès.
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-discovered-at-the-library/
#cinéma #film #fiction #art #vidéo #Méliès #Gugusse #automate #LoC #bibliothèque #culture #invention

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless

Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

The Library of Congress

Greg Lloyd Mar 7

RE: https://glammr.us/@overholt/116188540449196392

“Equally delighted was Bill McFarland, the donor who had driven the box of films from his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan…

His great-grandfather, William Delisle Frisbee, had been a potato farmer and schoolteacher in western Pennsylvania by day, but by night he was a traveling showman. He drove his horse and buggy from town to town to dazzle the locals with a projector and some of the world’s first moving pictures...“

#movies #melies #LOC

Larry-bob Mar 3

Recently rediscovered #Méliès short #film Gugusse et l'Automate
https://www.loc.gov/item/2026125501/

misryoum global news network Mar 1

Long-lost Georges Méliès robot film restored by Library of Congress : NPR

https://misryoum.com/us/family-news/long-lost-georges-melies-robot-film-restored-by/

A screenshot from George Mélière'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 found among a box of old reels...

#Longlost #Georges #Méliès #robot #film #restored #Library #Congress #NPR #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

Long-lost Georges Méliès robot film restored by Library of Congress : NPR

A screenshot from George Mélière's Gugusse et l'Automate. The pioneering French filmmaker's 1897 short, which likely features the first known depiction of

US News Hub

Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪Feb 27

The Library of Congress blog has a story on the rediscovered Méliès film with the complete film included. Classic Méliès.

#méliès #cinema #film

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-discovered-at-the-library/

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless

Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

The Library of Congress

kid37 Feb 27

Fast 90 Prozent aller Stummfilme gelten als verloren. Schön, wenn ab und an doch wieder einer auftaucht, wie die Library of Congress erklärt: #film #meliès

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVOrfufk_XL/

Library of Congress on Instagram: "In September, a box of old film reels was donated to the Library's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Virginia. One of them was a nearly 130-year-old, long-lost film by iconic French filmmaker George Méliès. It had not been seen by anyone in likely more than a century. Technicians spent more than a week scanning and stabilizing “Gugusse and the Automaton" – which features, by the way, the first known moving image of what might be called a robot – so that it can now be enjoyed by anyone online! Read more about this amazing discovery via the link in our bio."

6,505 likes, 104 comments - librarycongress on February 26, 2026: "In September, a box of old film reels was donated to the Library's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Virginia. One of them was a nearly 130-year-old, long-lost film by iconic French filmmaker George Méliès. It had not been seen by anyone in likely more than a century. Technicians spent more than a week scanning and stabilizing “Gugusse and the Automaton" – which features, by the way, the first known moving image of what might be called a robot – so that it can now be enjoyed by anyone online! Read more about this amazing discovery via the link in our bio.".

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Bagolina Feb 26

Lost 19th century #film by #Méliès discovered at the Library, Gugusse et l'Automate
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-discovered-at-the-library
Le premier #robot au ciné

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless

Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

The Library of Congress

Haciendo Historia Dec 21

Georges Melies:el ilusionista que llevó la magia al cine #shorts #historiadelcine #cinemahistory #georgesmelies #melies #cine

https://zurl.co/KKDQ0

Julia Clement Oct 30

#Cinematography in 1902 was nowhere near advanced enough to fake a #moonLanding so we have to accept Georges #Méliès' <<Le voyage dans la lune>> as a record of the first successful French moon shot.

It's a shame that they lost their #moonBase to the NAZIs in 1940 & never got it back.