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1928 Mechanical robot being demonstated in Trafalgar Square by Maskelyne the magician
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0:46Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1928
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: London: Trafalgar Square:
SLATE INFORMATION: What is it? It walks - it talks - and it even winks.
Mr Maskelyne gives a demonstration to the Gaumont cameraman.
Robot clad in Egyptian style robes along in front of the lions in Trafalgar Square / Crowd watching / Close up of mechanical person's face, lips moving / Robot along, accompanied by Maskelyne in front of fountain / Close of of automaton's face, its lips moving and eyes blinking
SLATE INFORMATION: It has a dainty ankle
Revealing the mechanics under the clothes of the automaton
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