Episode of Series “The World of work”.
A short and impressionistic film which poses the question are computers a good or bad thing for the workforce? Includes interviews with unemployed youth, workers and archival footage of the introduction of computers into the workplace. Teacher’s notes accompany the video.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
303768
Language
English
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Technological unemployment
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Youth - Employment
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Youth - Employment
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological unemployment
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)