Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A retired educator from Grand Rapids, Michigan, knew the battered trunk full of old film reels he had inherited was probably worth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For anyone who has ever dreamed of stumbling upon a cinematic holy grail in a dusty attic, this story delivers. A Michigan ...

What looks like junk turns out to be a rare contemporary document from the early days of film: a man discovers his great-grandfather's old film reels in a box - experts recognize a work that was ...

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema. The Library of Congress has found and restored a long-lost ...

A retired educator from Grand Rapids, Michigan, knew the battered trunk full of old film reels he had inherited was probably worth saving. He just had no idea he was sitting on one of the most ...

For anyone who has ever dreamed of stumbling upon a cinematic holy grail in a dusty attic, this story delivers. A Michigan resident has uncovered a viewable copy of a short film by Georges Méliès — ...

A screenshot from George Méliès's Gugusse et l'Automate. The pioneering French filmmaker's 1897 short, which likely features the first known depiction of a robot on film, was thought lost until it was ...