it's astonishing how someone could have figured out how these mechanisms would have to work without a computer and that someone would have to make parts so small and precise. it really is like magic.
Thank God this collection is now in a museum. I do hope their fire suppression system is based on something other than water! To think that one spark could destroy such history...
What I meant by "spark" was some other source of ignition. A gas leak, loose material catching fire, etc. A sprinkler system would cause nearly as much damage as a fire. Wet cloth molds mad fast. Metals rust away in humid environments quickly. Therefore my hope is they have a fire suppression system like Halon or other chem systems that displaces the Oxygen- and starves the fire to death. I work in IT and such systems are commonplace in IT environments. Hopefully they can afford one. They are comparable with sprinklers in term of cost. @@innocentnemesis3519
I am one of your great uncles automata. We were not stolen. Our contract was up and we moved on to the next soul. Fear not, for you shall see us again.
Why can’t tv programs be like this anymore…. Sigh, the generations today will never feel the nostalgia of something like this. This specifically reminds me of Christmas with HAL5000 twist now that I’m thinking about it, but if HAL was cool on Christmas… loll
I recall seeing this on the BBC around Christmas 1976 and was absolutely fascinated by the automatons, the work Jack Donovan put in in restoring and maintaining them and I still am!
How is this so creepy and yet so whimsical? It's creemsical. These toys are so beautiful and intricate, and I love seeing how they work-- even if it did give me, like, 5 new sleep paralysis demons. Make that 8, just saw the monkeys. Ah, magician lady isn't so bad. Oh, look at the cute little faces in her magic boxes. Friendly clown... little girl blowing kisses... DANGIT! Nightmare monkey! Why do you keep popping up!?
They're big brothers,inhabited the Railroad interlocking,and many signaling apparatuses! The scale was greater,but the mechanics were much the same! The Victorian's took much for granted,and really never looked behind the scenes! That is another video unto itself! Basically you had mechanical virtuoso's that everyone relied on,but no one saw!! Remember the man behind the curtain!! Thank you 😇 😊!
I do hope whoever (I assume museum) in Japan, did eventually get their Automata. I really hope he wasn't literally going to get buried with it. I really love these things, and have to remember this was broadcast in the 70's... but I also really hope that enthusiasts put "blackamoor" as a term for any black Automata, to rest.
Oh my goodness! I first read mention of the most amazing French automata over 40 years ago in a short story (I think 😊) & I was surprised, charmed & extremely curious to see these real-life creations that were antique & yet so realistic. I could hardly believe that they existed, these old, old automatons that did such clever things & were so realistic, but I could never find them, & I do believe that I googled them, but perhaps used the wrong phrases. Well, now, at long, long last, I’ve seen them, thanks to a random recommendation from RUclips, & an enormous thank you to you! They live up to - if not beyond - what I read, & I am so happy. I am now a new subscriber. Again - thank you! 💐
What ever happened to this collection? This film is many decades old. Did the automata stay in private hands, get auctioned off, end up in a musuem? Anyone know?
I don't know what it is about them, but I find them strangely chilling, perhaps I have got an overactive imagination, I always remember the film Barbarella, showing my age now! but in that film she was chased by a gang of old victorian dolls with little snapping white teeth, I was traumatised, mind you I was only young, I don' like dolls either, maybe that film affected me more than I realised lol! but I couldn't have one those automatons in my bedroom at night while I slept 🤖😨
i would love to learn more about musicians having to wear monkey masks in ballrooms! for some reason thats so interesting to me. beautiful documentary!! : )
Do you think there will be videos similar to this in the future talking about marvels of our modern technology that were nothing short of magic at the time? I certainly hope so. Imagine future history books talking about things like the Tesla company and Elon Musk's Tesla bot, Optimus
Is there a relationship between this collection and the movie Sleuth? The original one with Caine and Olivier had several Automata. Or was that a different collection? Would anyone know? Thanks B
Are there videos on youtube with the full OST featured in this documentary or were they all made specifically just for it? I love the ones in the intro and the part with the Persian princess.
Beautiful dolls, the monkeys are very creepy I had to look away and the graphic ones: the man hacking his wife and the coal miners demise. Are some of these in museums? Update anyone?
Pity the quality of the vid is bad. I've seen 'modern' automota and none of them should be put in the same class as these works of art that still amaze today. I cant imagine someone seeing these so many years ago. It must've been magic to people.
Remarkable..!!
Oh in how the figures are rather quite ghostly.
A classic documentary very well done...
Watching the antique "princley toys" has such a unique feeling to it. Like looking back in time through a magical moving toy ❤😊
bruh I didnt really get scared of things growing up but these things would've gave me legit nightmares. I love them
it's astonishing how someone could have figured out how these mechanisms would have to work without a computer and that someone would have to make parts so small and precise. it really is like magic.
Thank God this collection is now in a museum. I do hope their fire suppression system is based on something other than water! To think that one spark could destroy such history...
These automata are not electric, they predate electricity.
What I meant by "spark" was some other source of ignition. A gas leak, loose material catching fire, etc. A sprinkler system would cause nearly as much damage as a fire. Wet cloth molds mad fast. Metals rust away in humid environments quickly.
Therefore my hope is they have a fire suppression system like Halon or other chem systems that displaces the Oxygen- and starves the fire to death.
I work in IT and such systems are commonplace in IT environments. Hopefully they can afford one. They are comparable with sprinklers in term of cost. @@innocentnemesis3519
@@innocentnemesis3519if there’s a fire from anything they need to protect these treasures
In the late 80s, my g-uncle died, and he had about six automata, they were stolen before we could start to clear out his apartment.
I am one of your great uncles automata. We were not stolen. Our contract was up and we moved on to the next soul. Fear not, for you shall see us again.
If you listen closely at 36:40 you can hear the Samsung washing machine tune called: ‘Die Forelle’ by Schubert.
Omg you're right
I actually have those washing machines at home
Samsung doll lmao
I have that washing machine!!! 😮
I just had one delivered today. How odd. I turned the music off immediately tho 😂
Why can’t tv programs be like this anymore…. Sigh, the generations today will never feel the nostalgia of something like this. This specifically reminds me of Christmas with HAL5000 twist now that I’m thinking about it, but if HAL was cool on Christmas… loll
The voice of the narrator is so soothing!
I think it might be Stephen Moore, the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android.
@@MarkMcCluney I thought it was Jeremy Irons!
I recall seeing this on the BBC around Christmas 1976 and was absolutely fascinated by the automatons, the work Jack Donovan put in in restoring and maintaining them and I still am!
How is this so creepy and yet so whimsical? It's creemsical. These toys are so beautiful and intricate, and I love seeing how they work-- even if it did give me, like, 5 new sleep paralysis demons. Make that 8, just saw the monkeys.
Ah, magician lady isn't so bad. Oh, look at the cute little faces in her magic boxes. Friendly clown... little girl blowing kisses... DANGIT! Nightmare monkey! Why do you keep popping up!?
After watching you on The Repair Shop, I have started building automata kits. My dream is to rebuild a Victorian caged bird like you did!
Go for it❤
sounds cool where do you purchase the kits ?
Timberkits and rokrpuzzles
I'm in love with these gorgeous automata!! I so wish I had an old one. I collect music boxes, the fancier the better. I was born too late.
They are so amazing and yet creepy and beautiful. I hope they still exist in 2023. And yes the voice is soothing. Thank you so much! ❤
Love those mechanisms
This is an absolutely beautiful documentary! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
Our pleasure!
So incredible! Thank you Jack for sharing your amazing collection with all of us!
3:38 the automatons get a bit quirky at night
Someone had to make the joke
Bitch i was thinking the same thing
So inspiring
i didnt know this was edited ive seen the edited versions over and over but wow thanks for its entirity amazing
I am legit legit trippin. I had no idea anything like this existed. These are beautiful and brilliant. Lucky day for me.
Such wonderful toys from the skill and imagination of artists and craftsmen.
Amazing documentary! Thank you for sharing :)
They're big brothers,inhabited the Railroad interlocking,and many signaling apparatuses! The scale was greater,but the mechanics were much the same! The Victorian's took much for granted,and really never looked behind the scenes! That is another video unto itself! Basically you had mechanical virtuoso's that everyone relied on,but no one saw!! Remember the man behind the curtain!! Thank you 😇 😊!
Amazing. Ima try my hand at this, looks like fun! Thanks for sharing this. I enjoyed it. 😉
Fascinating documentary, thank you so much for posting.
Very interesting! Thanks
The chirping bird just activated my cat lol
They are fascinating,but I do find some of them a bit creepy . ❤
I do hope whoever (I assume museum) in Japan, did eventually get their Automata. I really hope he wasn't literally going to get buried with it. I really love these things, and have to remember this was broadcast in the 70's... but I also really hope that enthusiasts put "blackamoor" as a term for any black Automata, to rest.
Gorgeous, fascinating, almost unbelievsble.
美しい。。。😭❤
Oh my goodness! I first read mention of the most amazing French automata over 40 years ago in a short story (I think 😊) & I was surprised, charmed & extremely curious to see these real-life creations that were antique & yet so realistic. I could hardly believe that they existed, these old, old automatons that did such clever things & were so realistic, but I could never find them, & I do believe that I googled them, but perhaps used the wrong phrases.
Well, now, at long, long last, I’ve seen them, thanks to a random recommendation from RUclips, & an enormous thank you to you! They live up to - if not beyond - what I read, & I am so happy. I am now a new subscriber. Again - thank you! 💐
Wow thank you
excellent doco thanks for posting.
What ever happened to this collection? This film is many decades old. Did the automata stay in private hands, get auctioned off, end up in a musuem? Anyone know?
I don't know what it is about them, but I find them strangely chilling, perhaps I have got an overactive imagination, I always remember the film Barbarella, showing my age now! but in that film she was chased by a gang of old victorian dolls with little snapping white teeth, I was traumatised, mind you I was only young, I don' like dolls either, maybe that film affected me more than I realised lol! but I couldn't have one those automatons in my bedroom at night while I slept 🤖😨
i would love to learn more about musicians having to wear monkey masks in ballrooms! for some reason thats so interesting to me. beautiful documentary!! : )
I’m totally enchanted - I can see how your wonderful work is inspired 💜
i'd love to see this documentary restored
A century later, Disney Imagineers rediscovered the art.
The world will be beautiful once it is 100% automated.
Do you think there will be videos similar to this in the future talking about marvels of our modern technology that were nothing short of magic at the time? I certainly hope so. Imagine future history books talking about things like the Tesla company and Elon Musk's Tesla bot, Optimus
Appreciated by humanoid automata with Elon Musk microchips inserted into their brains, maybe…
They're incredibly creepy. Amazing, but creeepy
After watching this, I thought what if Ridley Scott watched this and took it as his inspiration for the J. F. Sebastian's dolls room in Blade Runner?
Is there a relationship between this collection and the movie Sleuth? The original one with Caine and Olivier had several Automata. Or was that a different collection? Would anyone know? Thanks B
3:38 Wait, the fnaf music box is a real song?! I HAD NO IDEA!
The FNAF music box song is Toreador March by Georges Bizet
@@marinrabadija ♪ The more you know! ♪
They talk about 1850 as a century ago! Lol
I mean the video is from 1976 so…
That’s almost as old as I am!
Cool.
Are there videos on youtube with the full OST featured in this documentary or were they all made specifically just for it? I love the ones in the intro and the part with the Persian princess.
Beautiful
dolls, the monkeys are very creepy I had to look away and the graphic ones: the man hacking his wife and the coal miners demise. Are some of these in museums? Update anyone?
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Wonderful but expen$ive Hobby 😮
whey is he video so low quality?
It's real old
Nightmare.
He shouldn’t take it to his grave that’s selfish.
Pass it on so others can see it.
Creepy as hack... and the narrator even more so. But audio animatronics at theme parks... are pretty close to rivaling these automata.
Pity the quality of the vid is bad. I've seen 'modern' automota and none of them should be put in the same class as these works of art that still amaze today. I cant imagine someone seeing these so many years ago. It must've been magic to people.