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Uploaded by RobynDexterNSteve on Apr 3, 2008
Ro-bot demonstration from the 1939 World's Fair.
Science & Technology
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If only I had an Elektro... I'd need a 220 to 110v stepdown transformer that handled 1000 amperes to run him.
erikals2 7 months ago
During most performances, the human "operator" was a female, which is why Elektro called them "Toots" during the show (seems kind of peculiar to have him say that to a male operator).
MiHiVidz 10 months ago
I'm so glad we have our flying cars and food in pill-form nowadays!
qwasd0r 1 year ago
I can't believe I found this clip from that World's Fair show I saw on PBS a zillion years ago!
You really CAN find EVERYTHING on YouTube. Thanks for posting!
BB76USA 2 years ago
Now if he could sing "Robot Rock"
mellowlanternquartet 2 years ago
Wow.... Just ... wow, i Love to see stuff like this, how they thought the future would be like back then... Retro at its best.
Kilen81 2 years ago
Great video! It's really hard to find good videos like this with sound and such. Thanks for posting!
Bringbackthefair64 2 years ago
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If only I had an Elektro... I'd need a 220 to 110v stepdown transformer that handled 1000 amperes to run him.
erikals2 7 months ago
During most performances, the human "operator" was a female, which is why Elektro called them "Toots" during the show (seems kind of peculiar to have him say that to a male operator).
MiHiVidz 10 months ago
I'm so glad we have our flying cars and food in pill-form nowadays!
qwasd0r 1 year ago
I can't believe I found this clip from that World's Fair show I saw on PBS a zillion years ago!
You really CAN find EVERYTHING on YouTube. Thanks for posting!
BB76USA 2 years ago
Now if he could sing "Robot Rock"
mellowlanternquartet 2 years ago
Wow.... Just ... wow, i Love to see stuff like this, how they thought the future would be like back then... Retro at its best.
Kilen81 2 years ago
Great video! It's really hard to find good videos like this with sound and such. Thanks for posting!
Bringbackthefair64 2 years ago