World’s First Robotic Woman - 1968

Robo Woman - 1968, taken from the British Pathe reel “Miss Honeywell - World’s First Robotic Woman“. See this playlist of our best clips: See the original Robo Woman video with its full Pathe commentary and extra shots here: The music is taken from a live art performance recorded by Pathe in Paris in 1964. You can watch the exciting piece here: (The jazzy “electro“ music in the middle is from the original reel, so you want the top link above for that) And yes, you guessed it. Miss Honeywell isn’t actually a robot - she is a Hollywood actress in need of a few good parts! A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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