This compilation features (2) vintage information age technology and science films from the early day of computer technology.
Included Films:
Logic By Machine
Logic By Machine
Produced: 1965
Length: 28 Minutes
Logic By Machine offers a historical snapshot of computers in the mid-1960s. With an eerie soundtrack by Morton Subotnick, and crude animation, the story of how computers make our lives easier and better is told in sometimes excruciating detail. Actual mathematicians impart fascinating knowledge and historical perspective on the inner workings of the earliest computers. Some topics that the film touches on as possibilities for the future are symbolic reality, artificial intelligence, and other social and philosophical discoveries. Logic By Machine is a compelling exploration of the rich and important history of computers.
The Information Machine
The Information Machine
Produced: 1958
Length: 9 Minutes
The Information Machine is a vintage animated film produced by IBM to show off at the 1958 Worlds Fair in Brussels. The cartoon succinctly and entertainingly describes the history of information management from cavemen to the modern computer in the 1950s. The different applications of the big computers used by the military and business are explained, all within the context of computers contributing to the positive development of human society.
