Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams Free Online HD on Lookmovie. Documentary presented by Professor Simon Schaffer which charts the amazing and untold story of automata - extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life. The film brings the past to life in vivid detail as we see how and why these masterpieces were built. Travelling around Europe, Simon uncovers the history of these machines and shows us some of the most spectacular examples, from an entire working automaton city to a small boy who can be programmed to write and even a device that can play chess. All the machines Simon visits show a level of technical sophistication and ambition that still amazes today.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Nic Stacey
- Cast: Simon Schaffer, Ilan Goodman, Laura Heath, Jonathan Betts,
Comment
Related Movies
- 2021
The Time Factory
The Time Factory8.22021HD
Who invented time, who invented the clock? Why 1 hour, why 60 minutes, why 60 seconds? Since prehistoric times, man has sought to measure time, to...
![The Time Factory]()
- 1950
Staroměstský orloj
Staroměstský orloj01950HD
A documentary about Prague's Old Town Astronomical Clock. In addition to the technical and artistic description, it also focuses on its history and...
![Staroměstský orloj]()
- 1970
Classic Fighter
Classic Fighter01970HD
Classic Fighter – the story of the great piston-engined fighters of World War Two. A tribute to the men who flew them, and to the men and women...
![Classic Fighter]()
- 2006
Spitfire: The Birth of a Legend
Spitfire: The Birth of a Legend02006HD
‘Spitfire— Birth of a Legend‘ tells the story of the Spitfire from a radical design on the drawing board to the...
![Spitfire: The Birth of a Legend]()
- 2021
Guy Martin: The World's Fastest Electric Car?
Guy Martin: The World's Fastest Electric Car?7.22021HD
Join self confessed petrol-head Guy Martin as he learns about the alternative to the internal combustion engine, Electric. In this TV special, Guy...
![Guy Martin: The World's Fastest Electric Car?]()
- 2015
The A350: Star of the Skies
The A350: Star of the Skies92015HD
After 10 years of tests and 12 billion Euros invested, the state-of-the-art Airbus jet completed its first commercial flight in January 2015. We will...
![The A350: Star of the Skies]()
- 2026
Artemis II – Zurück zum Mond
Artemis II – Zurück zum Mond102026HD
For the first time since the legendary Apollo missions over 50 years ago, humans are once again setting out for the Moon on April 1, 2026....
![Artemis II – Zurück zum Mond]()
- 1967
9 Days in Summer
9 Days in Summer01967HD
A promotional film for the Ford Company detailing the introduction of the Cosworth engine into Formula 1 in conjunction with Lotus.
![9 Days in Summer]()
- 2024
Solaride: Courage to Do the Impossible
Solaride: Courage to Do the Impossible02024HD
The Estonian national team is the first Baltic team to participate in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, the solar car world championship in...
![Solaride: Courage to Do the Impossible]()
- 1984
Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster
Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster6.61984HD
David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.
![Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster]()
- 2018
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch72018HD
Documentary on psychedelic potash mines, expansive concrete seawalls, mammoth industrial machines, and other examples of humanity’s massive,...
![Anthropocene: The Human Epoch]()
- 2010
Hitler's Secret Science
Hitler's Secret Science02010HD
During the Second World War, to give himself every chance of winning the conflict, Adolf Hitler instructed the most brilliant German scientists to...
![Hitler's Secret Science]()
