A newly restored version of the Remington Rand UNIVAC film “What do you want?” ~ Vintage material highlighting computer advances from 1946 through 1961. The original marketing film, courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library, --- digitally enhanced for easier viewing. Original 1961 narration has been maintained, including a fascinating talk by J.P. Eckert. Includes a Bonus Photo Gallery. Run time: 20 mins. Hope you enjoy! Comments and thoughts are welcome. ~ Uploaded by Mark Greenia, for the Computer History Archives Project.
Special Thanks to:
Kevin Martin, Mellon Curator of Audiovisual and Digital Collections
Angela Schad, Reference Archivist/Digital Archives Specialist
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE
digital.hagley.org
www.hagley.org/library
Mr. Tony Buglione
Manager External Communications & Media Relations
UNISYS Corporation
ENIAC Photos Provided by U.S. Army
Courtesy of Mike Muuss, "Historic Computer Images"
ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/
Additional recognition to:
- Computer History Museum (LARC photo)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (TIROS-1 photo)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LARC photos)
- George Michael, et al., An Oral and Pictorial History LLNL
computer-history.info/
- VIP Club: Information Technology Pioneers: Retirees and former employees of Unisys, Lockheed Martin, and their predecessor companies
www.vipclubmn.org/
For more info see also:
Ed Thelen’s Nike Missile Web Site
ed-thelen.org/index.html#faq
Jeff Quitney’s “Nike Zeus & Pershing Missiles: Army Digest 1962”
• Video
Minnesota Computing History
mncomputinghistory.com/
Time Index to Film Topics ==========================
00:30
Introductory Slides; Bulldozer at construction sight; highways; skyscrapers; farmland; automobiles; children going to school; jets; rockets; voices telling what they want to have… Title Slides; crowds walking; people working….
1:45
Narrator starts; talks about the 1960 Census and the work done at the University of North Carolina; scenes of UNIVAC 1105 Computer
3:05
ENIAC “Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer” is described, with photos
4:03
BINAC “Binary Automatic Computer” of 1949
4:40
UNIVAC I “Universal Automatic Computer” of 1951
5:16
“Card-to-Tape Machine” introduced; core memory; secret government computer work;”varactor” memory component for solid-state computers
6:00
Nike Zeus, Target Intercept Computer (TIC); Athena; Solid State Computers; Athena Guidance Computer: U.S. First Weather Satellite (TIROS-1)
6:38
UNIVAC Solid-State Computer, 1958 installation in Germany; images/photos; varactor amplifiers; small components;
7:56
LARC “Livermore Advanced Research Computer”
One at Livermore Labs, the other at Bureau of Ships, U.S. Navy;
New Drum Memory; core memory planes; LARC core processor; Page-Recorder machine;
9:15
UNIVAC III is mentioned
9:37
Discussion of Sperry Rand Corporation’s various divisions
Sperry Gyroscope Division; Ford Instrument Division; Vickers Division
12:47
J. Presper Eckert (co-inventor of ENIAC, BINAC, UNIVAC) talks how newer computers will be faster; nanosecond speeds; thin film memory; etc. (excellent six-minute talk)
18:30
Summary; various potential Computer Applications now and in future.
20:06
Acknowledgements
20:17
Photo Gallery
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Link to Original Film Location at Hagley Library:
digital.hagley.org/VID_198526..."
Link to Computer History Archives Project Videos:
/ @computerhistoryarchiv...
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Post-Production Comments:
The following enhancements were made to the original Remington Rand film:
- fixed audio tracks (one track was missing), corrected Mono output to included both channels, improved clarity and volume
- fixed bottom edge of video which had ragged edges, now smooth
- improved color balance
- add new title slides with date information
- remove excess blank footage and stabilized video
- added improved resolution and new photos of ENIAC programmers/operators
- added NASA photo of TIROS-1 weather satellite
- corrected “BINAC” date from 1950 to 1949
- corrected “UNIVAC I date from 1952 to 1951
- provided subject index and acknowledgements pages
PS: Am trying to get rid of the annoying KZitem ad. It is tied to an original 1961 music clip embedded that I can't seem to get rid of yet...working on it. Thanks for your patience.
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