REMINGTON RAND UNIVAC INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL COMPUTERS 1960s MAINFRAME COMPUTING FILM 64454

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This is a 1960’s era, color movie presented by Remington Rand and Univac, a division of Sperry Rand Corp. It was likely made between 1957-1960. It is called “An Introduction to Digital Computers”. It opens with a man sitting in front of a very large computer terminal, :50. This is a UNIVAC LARC (Livermore Advanced Research Computer) one of the worldís first Supercomputers. The first LARC was installed in 1960 at Lawrence Livermore Labs. Only two were ever made. This one was at Lawrence Livermore National Labs. Cartoon animation of caveman counting on his fingers, 1:00. Cartoon of ancient Japan, man counting on abacus. Cartoon continues with the recollection of mathematicians through history and their counting machines, 1:24. Rocket on a launch pad, 1:43. Man punches buttons on a 1960’s computer terminal. At 1:55 seen