Stills and a short video clip (wmv) featuring two Ideal Robot Commando toy robots pressed into service by THRUSH on a 1964 episode of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Link
(Thanks, Mike Ransom of Tulsa TV Memories!)
The robot men from U.N.C.L.E.
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