Competition For The Computer
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Many people find computer programming a world of mystery. So a data processing firm has developed a super simple records system which is as fast as any computer - yet can be handled without any programming training.
- Researcher Comments
- About a feature cards records system
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries; Computers and computing
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/25
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Editor
- Peter Greenaway
- Cutter
- Peter Greenaway
- Presenter
- Roger Cook
- Commentator
- Roger Cook
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
How to cite this record
'Competition For The Computer', Tomorrow Today Issue No. 25. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/350879 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)