COMPUTERS IN OUR LIVES 1980s INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS 62344

This is a 1980 color movie presented by COLONY, a Shale Oil Project and an EXXON subsidiary. The movie opens with footage of a real estate broker discussing the many things to consider in her business, followed by other people in industry discussing the many things they need to know in order to do their jobs properly. At :27 an IBM 5100 Portable Computer is shown. This was a portable computer (one of the first) introduced in September 1975, six years before the IBM Personal Computer. It was the evolution of a prototype called the SCAMP (Special Computer APL Machine Portable) that was developed at the IBM Palo Alto Scientific Center in 1973. In January 1978, IBM announced the IBM 5110, its larger cousin, and in February 1980 IBM announced the IBM 5120. The 5100 was withdrawn in March 1982. When the IBM PC was introduced in 1981, it was originally designated as the IBM 5150, putting it in the "5100" series, though its architecture was not directly descended from the IBM 5100.

The film is about how computers help us in our daily business lives, 1:00. Various scenes of people using computers, including an Computer Transceiver Execuport 300 printing terminal (introduced sometime in the 1970s) at 1:20. Farmer discusses watering his fields, 1:46. Grocery scanners scanning food items with barcodes, 1:50. Trucks moving freight, 2:38. Airplane and airport footage using computers, 2:50. Designer using light pen to design flight simulations, 3:08. Men using computers in the space program, rockets launch and men are seen working in mission control, 3:30. L.M. Branscomb, IBM’s chief scientist is featured, 3:46. Illustration shows a spilled cup of coffee in slow motion demonstrating how quickly computers can make their computations, 4:20. Small microchips being manufactured, 4:57. Fire trucks race to the scene with the help of information supplied by computer, 5:29. Firemen rescue people from building, 5:35. Hospital footage with staff using computers to access patient data, 5:50. Light pens are used to design homes, 6:50. Architectural drawings transform into real buildings, 7:15. Animated illustration shows how computers change our lives, 7:45. Group of people gather together to simulate a fictional community using computers to train leaders on how to make decisions, 8:20. Capitol building is shown with reporter discussing computers and Congress, 9:10. Congressman in his office discussing computers, 10:15. People working at a bank of computers, 11:00. Military men drilling, 11:40. Military men using computers, 12:00. Children walk down the street, 12;10. Kids using computers, 12:32. Teacher discusses student’s growth due to the use of computers.

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