Where to Watch The Birth of the Robot Online

Want to behold the glory that is 'The Birth of the Robot' on your TV or mobile device at home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Len Lye-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Birth of the Robot' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The Birth of the Robot' right now, here are some specifics about the animation flick.

Released , 'The Birth of the Robot' stars The movie has a runtime of about 6 min, and received a user score of 68 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 10 top users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers turned to puppets as an alternative, and Lye enlisted the help of avant-garde friends such as Humphrey Jennings and John Banting to make the amusing puppets. Exploring the still-complex color process, which involved the combination of three separate images, Lye creates such a vivid storm scene that reviewers hailed it as “proof that the color film has entered a new stage.” The music is Holst’s The Planets. - Harvard Film Archive"

'The Birth of the Robot' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on MUBI .