ENGLAND: NEW TECHNOLOGY: Census Machines at Work (1931)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Scenes at the Census headquarters ,Thornton Heath , where by means of holes punched in cards ,amazing machines prepare to segregate and classify Britain’s teeming millions. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION -THE CENSUS 1931 - WHEN BRITAIN TAKES THE COUNT IT WILL REQUIRE FOURTY MILLION PUNCHES TO DO IT Women operating machines in the Census hq at Thornton Heath. Ticket tape and machines / Cards on conveyor belt and information being processed/printed out . Workers sitting at table sorting card/ inputting data / operating punch machines. Background: Scenes at the Census headquarters ,Thornton Heath , where by means of holes punched in cards ,amazing machines prepare to segregate and classify Britain’s teeming millions. Census - punch cards at Thornton Heath HQ FILM ID: VLVA2EDWLQ4VRIT9XA2E9BF0C5EUB To license this film, visit