Discovering Computers

cheesy psychedelic
computeresque effects
at beginning - looks like RAVE Laser FX
kids learn computers
heart scan (colorized)
simulation of voyager II 1981
excellent NASA animation
spacecraft (animated in space)
computer artwork by filmmaker John Whitney
very good montage of workplace endless variety
control room at NASA
many television monitors
girl sits by tree, counts on hands and feet
Asian woman uses large abacus
kids retrace history of computer with cardboard props
punch card machine
BTW - still shot of Eniac, the first computer
kids at computer terminals
pocket “computer” calculator
kids in class - speeded up
hardware -
typing on keyboard
floppy disks - big
cassettes
placing floppy disc in computer
toy village set up now
demonstrates computers
work
program area, information area, input etc.
kids play at computer
type: I am a computer
I am your friend
output - kid in red filter
adding numbers on a computer
maps, charts etc. on computer (looks like a Radio Shack)
kids at EPU’s with teacher in front of class
montage of computer
drawings by kids
a floppy in computer
great montage of all shots in film