Film and Video

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A curated selection of moving picture content from Hagley's Audiovisual Collections

    For additional selections of online film and video content, select from the following collections:
    Avon Products
    Chamber of Commerce of the United States
    Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection
    DuPont Company
    Hanford Engineering Works
    History of Kevlar oral history interviews
    MCI Communications Corporation
    National Automobile Dealers Association
    Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division
    Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection
    Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company films
    Image: Cans of movie film ready for shipment. DuPont Company. Click to view

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The Catalyst
Film highlighting two network systems for the UNIVAC computer: ANU and Automatic Digital Network (AutoDin). These systems assist in space travel, submarine tracking, building construction, pollution reduction, weather prediction, crime detection, and medical research.
Among Us (Sperry-UNIVAC)
Film exploring threats to society and how computer helps to deter them. Five masked performers represent 'the arsonist', 'the burglar', 'the mugger', 'the thief' and 'the pusher' working against law enforcement.
An Introduction to Digital Computers
Video is an animated tutorial on basic computer hardware and functionality.
Sperrylink-Customer Announcement
Spokesperson introduces new Sperrylink products, such as the Deskstation Model 30, 8439 Diskette Subsystem, 0431 Printer, DOPS 20 and Sperrylink Document Reader. Includes examples of how to use certain products.
This Business of Numbers
Animation using still images telling the story of how people have worked with numbers since the beginning of mankind. Film discusses different cultures and their use of mathematics to computers. Also mentioned is the ENIAC and the UNIVAC. Some of the same artwork used in Sperry film "Then and Now".
What Do You Want?
Depicts the progress of computing with ENIAC, BIMAC, UNIVAC including Nike Zuess and Athena military computers. New computer techniques and parts are shown. Also depicted are the LARC and UNIVAC III computers. Also mentioned are Ford instrument and Vickers. J. Presper Eckert explains the future of computers.
Young & Rubicam UNISYS Commercials
Reel of three UNISYS commercials. "Creation" :60 (:02), "Scottsdale Rev 2" :30 (1:07), "Corporate/Banking" :30 (1:41).