Computer Conservation Society

 

Media known to the society

We are attempting to build a list of films and video material of interest to CCS members. At this stage we are keen to simply identify material and make a note of where it is held.

If you can add to this list of provide new material please contact the society secretary, Kevin Murrell at kevin(at)ps8(dot)co(dot)uk

Title Producer Machines featured Notes Format Copy kept by
           
           
Introduction to Punched Card Accounting - 1942 Powers Samas 40 Col punched card machines Very clear coverage of punching, verifying, sorting and tabulating. Include mechanical cross multiplying punch. DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

The Power-Samas Factory - 1924 Powers Samas Punched card manufacture Silent DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

The EDSAC Film - 1951   EDSAC Introduction by M V Wilkes added in 1976 DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

Leo - The Automatic Office - 1957   LEO II and LEO III   DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

What exactly is a program? ICT ICL 1900 series   DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

What is a computer? NCC and ICL ICT 1900 series   DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

Computing for Profit Ferranti Ltd Ferranti Pegasus   DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

ICT 1301 ICT ICT 1301   DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

The Ferranti Pegasus Computer - 1955   Ferranti Pegasus   DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

Computer Achievements   EMIDEC 1100 etc BEA Freight forwarding and Boots stock control DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

On Guard - IBM Corp IBM US SAGE Air Defence system Cold war terror at its best - IBM saves the US from the commie threat! DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

The Computer and the Mind of Man - 1965 National Educational Television, US Various IBM Primarily IBM machines - fairly doom laden warning of electronic brains ahead. DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

The Future Came Yesterday ICL Unknown Unknown DVD Tilly Blyth / Science Museum

Time To Think - 1958 ICT BTM 1202   DVD Roger Johnson

Computer Architecture SHOTLIST PCs circa 1997 Quite a good basic introduction to computers VHS/DVD Roger Johnson

Supermarket Information Systems SHOTLIST (None) Stock control at Sainsbury - series of interviews with shop managers VHS/DVD Roger Johnson

Electronic Data Processing IAM LEO 1, Elliott 405, Ferranti Pegasus A series of film strips produced by the Institute of Office Management by it's EDP Committee. Includes sound track DVD Kevin Murrell / TNMOC

           
           

 

On-Line Material (Copies of original material only)

Remington-Rand Present the Univac Remington Rand UNIVAC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2fURxbdIZs Online You Tube

Man and Computer IBM   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUCZJWo9MZo&feature=related Online You Tube

IBM RAMAC IBM   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOD1umMX2s8&feature=related Online You Tube

GIGO Barclays Bank - 1969 IBM primarily http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXFnCD72JpY (Part 1 of 3) Online You Tube

Tomorrow's World 1969 Elliott 405 http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/8008.shtml?all=2&id=8008 Online BBC

Science and the Egg 1962 Elliott 803 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=41973 Online British Pathe

Elliott 405 at Reckitt & Sons  1959 Elliott 405 http://www.yfaonline.com/assetDetails.cfm?film=3833&keyword Online Yorkshire Film Archive