[Cultural Jihad]

What was that science fiction short story about the race of aliens who discovered and marveled over the one sole surviving artifact of human life? At the very end of the novel, the aliens stared wonderously at the undecypherable writing upon the roll of celluloid: "A film by Walt Disney."

[malakhi]

What was that science fiction short story about the race of aliens who discovered and marveled over the one sole surviving artifact of human life? At the very end of the novel, the aliens stared wonderously at the undecypherable writing upon the roll of celluloid: "A film by Walt Disney."

History Lesson, by Arthur C. Clarke. Originally published as a short story in 1949 in Startling Stories. Republished in 1973 in The Best of Arthur C. Clarke, 1937-1955.

[TomSmedley]

What was that science fiction short story about the race of aliens who discovered and marveled over the one sole surviving artifact of human life?

I remember that story!