“For about a decade, from 1975 to 1985,” Vice writes, “if you witnessed moving animation on television, it was either shot one frame at a time, or made using a Scanimate machine. Only ten of the devices were ever built.”

Here they drop in on engineer Dave Sieg, who has spent the last 20 years preserving the only working Scanimate. Dave discusses the technical and cultural impact of the Scanimate and what the future holds for this iconic machine.

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