The film Man & Computer, made in 1965 by IBM's UK branch, provides a basic understanding of computer operations. A large portion of the film shows the ways in which a computer can be simulated by five people using the standard office equipment of the day. The film employs a number of different techniques, including animations, and features a few brief scenes of an IBM System/360 in useājust months after the first machines were delivered.
Starting in the 1940s, IBM became a major producer of films used for sales, training, documenting business processes, entertaining at company functions, and educating the public. Several IBM films were made by respected filmmakers and sometimes featured well-known actors.
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MarineGunrocksays...It's a film, yes, but I wouldn't say it it's cinema.
*nochannel, geek, *long, vintage *documentaries
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MarineGunrocksays...Fuck you Siftbot! *nochannel *documentaries *geek *vintage
Let's see you ignore these commands, you pile of rusted shit.
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qruelsays...that was awesome. you tell him siftbot :-) lol
qruelsays...*requeue
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Fadesays...They should have done one about how effective their machines were at managing the slaughter of jews.
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