Illustrates with live action and simple animation the concept: the computer works the same way you do. It is designed to acquaint the audience with a single aspect of the computer’s function and to arouse interest in future computer-related study. Points our that a trained person with a computer can perform a bigger block of mental work in an afternoon than he could in a lifetime with paper and pencil.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
012230
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Data processing
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Educational technology
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)