Computer In The Air

Series

Series Name: London Line

Issue

Issue No.

358

Date Released

1971

Filmed

Aug 1971

Length of issue (in feet)

586

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A Nigerian businessman books a flight for East Africa - and London Line watches the progress of the booking through the vast embraces of a computer that masterminds nearly every facet of the flight - from the planning of route details, to the booking of special meals.

Local distribution only

New Commonwealth version

Keywords

Transport; Business and commerce; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/358

Credits:

Sound: Bert Power
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Cutter: Chris Greenbury
Presenter: Cosmo Peters
Camera: Dick Ewen
Producer: Eric Beecroft
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Musindo Mwinyipembe
Cutter: Peter Day
Director: Peter Yolland
Support services: Renee Serlin
Presenter: Rudolph Walker

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