The Whimsical World of Jim Henson
2007 The Jim Henson Company
Innovator
Jerry Juhl, left, and Jim Henson operate a mechanical drill team in 1961. The technology used to control this entire battalion of soldiers at the same time laid the groundwork for mechanisms used to control characters' facial expressions.
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