Your obedient servant

To the layman the world of the computer is surrounded by mystery. This film contends that it should be as acceptable in modern life as are the telephone and television. Man is master and a computer cannot work correctly unless each step is logically planned.

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Credits

production company

JBM Productions

Duration

00:46:19:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1967

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012279

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

History → Technology and civilization

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology and civilization

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1967

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