Episode of Series “21st Century”.
A timely - even frightening - reminder of the rapid advance computers are making into our lives. In many fields the impersonal efficient machine is shaping and controlling our destinies. The film points to the ever-increasing reliance on computers and illustrates computer applications of today and in the future specifically in production, aviation, medicine, education, law-enforcement, rocket space travel, design, communication etc. Implications for citizens’ rights to privacy. Reporter: Walter Cronkite.
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ACMI Identifier
002307
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Information technology - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Privacy, Right of
History → Technology and civilization
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computer based information systems
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computer science
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Information technology - Social aspects
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology and civilization
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)