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The Quiet Take-Over

Item number (ISN):

5845

Series title:

Document

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

5845

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

Accession:

1983-0345

Media:

Video

Release date:

1963-12-15

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

Jack Willis; Heinz Kornagel; Bruno Gerussi

Description:

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Television documentary which examines the increasing use and impact of computer technology on today's society. Sequences include: a woman answering questions at a computer dating service, answers which are then transferred to punch cards and electronically sorted to select an appropriate match; electronic machines reproducing musical notes by a mathematical formula; medical files at a large depository being transferred to electronic tape; an adaptive speech recognition computer; and computers to aid medical diagnoses. Industrial psychologist J.C. McQuaig discusses what corporations look for in prospective employees and Larry Zolf undergoes a sentence completion test given to job seekers by psychologist Allan B. Ferguson. Author Martin Gross discusses his book "The Brainwashers" and an enactment demonstrates how computerized information could catch those attempting to cash bad cheques at grocery stores. Psychological testing and the influence of the computer on moral values and personal privacy are questioned. A poet discusses the creative capacity of the computer and reads examples of computer-written poetry. At a simulated surveillance centre of the air defense command, a re-enactment of previous close calls involving computerized responses to supposed missile attacks is portrayed. Man-on-the-street interviews and comments from a worker in a computer manufacturing plant. Additional comments from: Robert Hutchins, president of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions; professor Joseph Weizenbaum of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and architect Walter Gropius.

Subjects:

AIR DEFENCES~ARCHITECTS~AUTOMATION~COMPUTER POETRY~COMPUTERS~INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY~TECHNOLOGY~TECHNOLOGY - SOCIAL ASPECTS ~FERGUSON, ALLAN B.~GROPIUS, WALTER~HUTCHINS, ROBERT~KNAPP, BUDD~MCQUAIG, T.C.~WEIZENBAUM, JOSEPH~ZOLF, LARRY

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Vault ISN:

16508

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8401-0055

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

848537

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

5845.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V1 8401-0055

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

848538

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

5845.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V1 8401-0055

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8401-0055

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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