News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

271

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Seeing By Numbers 2: Community Computer
• 2. Seeing By Numbers 2: F.L.A.I.R.
• 3. Seeing By Numbers 2: F.L.A.I.R.

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: In the past decade, the computer has grown in versatility whilst shrinking in size and cost. The resulting impact on our society is wide-ranging. From graphic art to saving lives, the tiny silicon chip has huge potential. Everybody imagines the graphic artist surrounded by pots of paint and brushes, painstakingly drawing everything by hand. But not anymore - the modern graphic artist uses a computer. A TV screen is his drawing board; he chooses colour, lettering, the size of paintbrush or airbrush with a light-pen. He sees results immediately, and it’s not "back to the drawing board" if the client changes his mind - alterations are instantaneous too!

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Science and technology; Computers and computing; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/271

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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

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