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Machines Like Men

Item number (ISN):

447319

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

447319

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN FILM INSTITUTE / INSTITUT CANADIEN DU FILM

Accession:

1975-0206

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1962

Production company:

British Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

producer, Philip Daly; script, Gordon Rattray Taylor; narrator, Raymond Baxter

Description:

The odd and wonderful accomplishments of computer technology. Electronic brains are shown accomplishing various tasks: helping in study of the Bible, navigating an aircraft, testing a wind tunnel model, composing and writing music, identifying criminals for the Chicago Police Dept., sorting out model railway cars, reorganizing a farm. The narrator and his guests demonstrate a computer's power of logic by ordering a computer to solve a complex equation. Sequence on cathode screen display. An electronic mouse learns to negotiate a maze; a machine plays checkers with a man and wins. Sequence too on computers reading print and handwriting, answering the spoken word, imitating hand-writing, assisting a girl in drawing the floor plan of a house etc... Final sequence on 3 talking and singing computers.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. IDC made from PDC card.

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Vault ISN:

14604

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8208-0070

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

609776

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7505-0044

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

KINE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8208-0070

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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