Documentary presented by Professor Simon Schaffer which charts the amazing and untold story of automata - extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life. The film brings the past to life in vivid detail as we see how and why these masterpieces were built. Travelling around Europe, Simon uncovers the history of these machines and shows us some of the most spectacular examples, from an entire working automaton city to a small boy who can be programmed to write and even a device that can play chess. All the machines Simon visits show a level of technical sophistication and ambition that still amazes today.
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A promotional film for the Ford Company detailing the introduction of the Cosworth engine into Formu...
David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later n...
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A unique behind-the-scenes access to NASA’s ambitious mission to launch the James Webb Space Telesco...
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Explore the 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the second deadliest disaster in California histor...
Treats drafting as a means of visual communication and a key to organized training and planning. Dis...