“ AUTOMATION - THE NEXT REVOLUTION ” 1963 NEWS FILM COMPUTERS, ROBOTS & MANUFACTURING 90004

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black & white news film is about automation in the workplace, and how complex machines and computers are creating change in the workplace, and disrupting many industries, and the lives of workers, in the process. This film was directed by Warren Wallace and dates to 1963. Opening titles: “Automation: The Next Revolution“ (:08). Machine parts in motion (:20). A disenfranchised African American speaks on losing his job; others speak on not having a job, some white, black, and hispanic people speak (:58). Machines move and make items (2:28). A pin setting machine at a bowling alley grabs the pins and sets them up (3:05). A machine at work (3:59). John I. Snider, Jr., President of U.S. Industries speaks (4:38). A complex machine; the Linotype machine (6:35). Betram Powers, head of the NY Typographical Union, speaks (7:04). Southampton, NY on Long Island, is a pla