Méliès’ film, a minute-long work titled Gugusse and the Automaton, contains what might be the first on-screen depiction of a robot.

A 19th-century George Méliès film, thought to be long lost, has been found among a box of brittle movie reels​ that a Michigan donor brought to the Library of Congress, officials said.

A piece of techno-cinematic history has emerged as the US Library of Congress releases the restored video of the oldest film to feature a "robot." Dating from 1897, the silent film Gugusse et ...

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

A piece of film history missing for more than 100 years and thought to be lost forever was found on Long Island by an intern going through old boxes. The 16-millimeter film is believed to be the only ...

Once thought to be lost, a film reel containing clips of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, was discovered in a military visual information storage facility here and turned over to Jeff Sotzing, ...

This Sunday, the Austin Film Society, the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, and Humanities Texas will co-host a special screening of Daughter of the Dawn, a silent film previously thought to be lost.