I saw this when i was 6, and i think it is what subconciously implanted steampunk into my head.
Absolutely! I was discussing this with a friend just recently. My love of all things under the great steampunk parasol was definitely sparked by this film when I saw it on its release in 1976, at the age of eight. Credit must also go to George Pal's The Time Machine, and to a lesser extent, Robert Stevenson's The Island At The Top Of The World.
However, it was only within the last year or so that I came to realise that a whole sub-culture of like-minded individuals existed, and that there was even a defining term to encompass the genre.