DIGITAL COMPUTER TECHNIQUES & PRINCIPLES 1962 U.S. NAVY FILM UNIVAC IBM ELECTRODATA 90714
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This color US Navy training film is about basic computer techniques. This is a 1962 film based on the roman numeral copyright at the end.
Opening credits: This US Navy Film has been adopted for department of the Army use. Unclassified. US Navy Training Film - DIGITAL COMPUTER TECHNIQUES
(:08-:58). What are digital computers? Explanations are provided. Computers remember data and can fetch it in a fraction of a moment (:58-1:53). At 1:05 a Univac mainframe is shown. An ElectroData mainframe computer, built by Burroughs, is shown at 1:08 (and later at 16:20). At 1:22, a group of " IBM Girls " monitors a mainframe. Computers no matter how complex are basically simple. A mother teaches her daughter how to count. Early ways of counting are explained (fingers, stones, etc.) (1:54-4:13). At 1:57 an RCA 501 data process system computer is shown. A rocket takes off and progress is explained as many images are shown (ships, planes, buildings, workers working, etc.). Different types of calculators are shown and explained. At 2;59 an abacus is used to count. At 3:06 John Napier's counting bones are shown and at 3:28 Pascal's calculator / adding machine is shown. At 4:00 the first slide rule is shown. Digital and analog are explained (4:14-6:16). The computer process is explained in steps: problem (data), program, input medium, computer, output medium, solution. The functions of the computer are then explained: add, subtract, multiply, divide, compare, sort, and find. Simplicity, multiplicity, and speed are explained. Off/on, Cut-off/conduct, low voltage/high voltage are explained in detail (6:17-10:24). At 6:07 an IBM mainframe is shown, a true digital computer with electronic components. The Binary number system is discussed and shown. A card being hole punched shows more detail about this system (10:25-13:43). Inputting information into the computer storage (memory) and heading towards the output is shown in a diagram (13:44-15:47). A man is shown using a massive computer as our narrator explains how good computers are (15:48-16:26). End credits (16:27-16:46).
Napier's bones is a manually-operated calculating device created by John Napier of Merchiston, Scotland for calculation of products and quotients of numbers. The method was based on lattice multiplication, and was also called Rabdology.
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"This U.S. Navy film has been adopted for Department of the Army use." Translation, We dumbed it down so the Army could understand it!
These computers took up nearly a whole room and now I'm watching this film on a computer hundreds of thousands of times more powerful in the palm of my hand. Pretty cool to think about how far we've come with technology.
When I first started working for Western Electric back in 1963, I was in the program starting in 1964 learning, about digital electronic switching. Up first electronic switching system was called number one ESS Electronics, then my education continued learning all about tsps traffic service position systems, along with, ETS, electronic translator system, then number four, ESS All Digital electronic switching system, then my education continued, with the Laboratories, number five ESS the first digital fiber optic switching system. Many many years in School, learning Unix, that's the operating system for the current systems. Unlike people think mainframe computers, those are toys in comparison. 36 years service with the Bell System, they were a fantastic company, until in my opinion the breakup in 1984, by judge green. Breaking the system up into seven independent operating systems.
I love the typography in old government films. The "unclassified" title is so elegant.
It's just a fad.
The US Army, post WW2, did a few things very well. Making training films that teach complex ideas in a simple and easy to understand way, was one of them. They are beautifully simple but complete learning tools.
That whole computer thing is just a passing fad, it will never catch on! LOL
If I were a school teacher I would show this on April 1st and tell them we are going to learn about a cool new technology coming out that we might get to use I'm the future.
I love this kind of historical archives to learn how far technology has gone through the years. Today every person no matter their age take computers for granted, but computers are a true miracle as fascinating as how the ancient pyramids of Egypt and Mexico were created. Human mind is a powerful tool blessed to create such marvels, every person involved in the creation and development of modern computers deserves our eternal appreciation and gratitude. I hope technology can help us to develop us together instead of being a weapon of destruction (both physical as virtual, as we live everyday with the internet full of hate and fake news). No political sides, no religious or race fights, just binary code.
If my grandfather had seen this film, he would have been shot. However, he sensed the existence of these devices, and even more, he understood computer's impact on the world 50 years after he died.
“ man kind has invented a machine that extended the capabilities of his hand & mind”, best conclusion ever +
The narration of this film is excellent and tasteful. I believe that the microcomputer is the best computer invented.
If you need beads "to count your children" then that's a lot of children.
9:56
1962 what a great year
Quality programming right here. So interesting to watch and compare to where we are today. Thanks Periscope!
Gotta love the font choice for "unclassified".
Just remember digital technology was developed in Bell labs, starting with the transistor. Fiber optic digital switching number five digital electronic switching system fiber optics, developed, in Bell Laboratories.
In the future you will learn the meaning of new words like...