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http://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/robot

This web site has alot of historic video clips that are very cool. The robot section has lot too see as well.

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Very interesting videos. I liked the Gentle Giant one myself. He reminded me of a HUGE attacking martian the way he walked. I was a bit afraid he might walk off the edge of the state with the lady dancing with him though...got a bit nervous...LOL.

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Robot Sensation is cool to see also.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/robot-sensation

Nightmare robot is interesting as well.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/nightmare-robots

Tinker starts about 1 minut in.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/film-now-land-later/query/robot

The face of things to come.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-face-of-things-to-come-alpha-the-robot/query/robot

Now this robot was years a head of its time. You know about how they can lazor scan objects then have a CNC machine make one in foam or plastic well check this out, in 1957 this guy was ding it!

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/robot-sculptor/query/robot

Here is a American toy exhibition in 1961 with two classic robots.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/america-toys-exhibition/query/robot

Check out this toy robot about 1:18 in to video.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/backstage-with-sooty/query/robot

Large Mechano robot about 45 sconds in to this 1965 toy fair.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/london-all-set-for-santa-aka-christmas-toy-fair/query/robot

1962 toy fair with robots and other cool toys of the time.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/american-toys-on-show-at-frankfurt/query/robot

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This clip from 1929 shows a nice robot at a fair about 1:30 into film.

M/S of a metal robot, it lifts its hand and a man shakes it. He lifts the front of the head up to show the lights of the eyes underneath. He then opens its front which shows a pump going up and down.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/take-the-im-out-of-impossible/query/robot

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This 1965 toy fair has some of the best robots of anyones collection. about 50 seconds in to film.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/international-toy-fair/query/robot

Various shots clockwork / moving models of flying saucers, space craft and robots. Various shots of boy trying out toy gun that shoots around corners. C/U woman's hat being knocked off by pellet from gun, she looks surprised.

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A 1968 toy fair with a clock work robot about 38 seconds in.

C/U toy moon buggy which climbs over a girl's foot. C/U walking toy robot. Various shots Beatles' marionette puppets. L/S a big electric track for cars.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/toy-fair-5/query/robot

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I finnaly got smart and put Toy Fair in the search window. Here is a 1957 toy fair in Germany that ends with a radio control doll. What is intreresting about the doll is that it seems to be the Radicon remote control system!

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/childrens-paradise-toy-fair/query/toy+fair

here is the link to the toy fair seartch.

http://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/toy+fair

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JOHN - JUST FANTASTOMATIC!!!

I can't get enough of these old bits of history! Must take my time to watch everything...

BTW ... the fat man at the 1957 NUREMBERG TOY FAIR is the german minister of economy LUDWIG ERHARD. Can you get it: He simply snatches away one of these nice little dolls: BILD LILLY ... the grandma of the later BARBIE dolls... each of those would be in the 2 or 3K range today. RADICON REMOTE DOLL ... first before RADICON ROBOT... Would be interresting to know, what company came up with it??

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  • 2 years later...

A great resource, John. I keep returning to find something new. Here's 1964 footage of a Oxford Street, London. At 1:03 there's Dux, large Gear Robot, Alps w/u Television Spaceman and the big Sears 3 Stage Rocket Base. I also see a Pifco Zetaray and a 3-Colour graygun. Beatles fans might also enjoy the Beatles Gonks being sold on the street.

 

 

 

British Pathe Xmas Around the World 1964

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Are any on those robots missing on the time line? If this is 1965, there's the Mighty Robot with gears in the head, the RC blue robot with gears in the face, the guy between Rocket Man and Missle Man, I can't remember his name, and Ranger Robot - I know he was in my Alden's or Spiegel's from that year. What a spectacular Christmas that could have been!

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That radio remote Control which was used for the Doll in the previous video Clip seems to be the same as Marco used for his new created Robot.

He used an old radio remote Control from the German ARNOLD Toy company which came from a huge toy boat.

Here is a still picture of this clip showing the remote ARNOLD RADAR MASTER

Marco, can you post a picture of the Remote and the Robot you made out of it ?post-25-0-01727600-1420760336_thumb.jpg

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