Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Genre: Documentary
Actor: Simon Schaffer , Ilan Goodman , Laura Heath , Jonathan Betts
Director: Nic Stacey
Country: United Kingdom
Watch Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams full movie online Movies123. Watch Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams 123movies online for free. Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams 123Movies: 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.
