Computerised ‘Phone Directory’

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

31

Date Released

1970

Filmed

Feb 1970

Length of issue (in feet)

476

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tie and Dye
2. 2High Speed Looms
3. 3Bibby Pak
4. 4Computerised ‘Phone Directory’
5. 5Mountaineering Equipment For Himalaya Expedition

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: With computers master minding the typesetting - new editions of telephone directories are being prepared in forty-five hours - a saving of weeks over the previous manual methods.

Researcher Comments

The process involves computer programmed punch tape containing the names, addresses and telephone numbers of subscribers being run through a photo composing machine.

Keywords

Mass media; Science and technology; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/31

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sound

Chris Wilden

Camera

Dick Ewen

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Producer

Janice Willett / Kay

Director

Mark Lawton

Editor

Peter Greenaway

Cutter

Peter Greenaway

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
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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).

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