British Universities Film & Video Council

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Friendly Computer

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
83
Date Released
1971
Length of issue (in feet)
490
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Covered Shipyards
  2. 2Friendly Computer
  3. 3Wordmaster

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
COI synopsis: The trouble with computers is that they have a language all of their own. Most businessmen have enough on their minds without having to learn their language, but a new and very friendly computer accepts its instructions in good plain English (or any other tongue), and then displays its information in equally straightforward words.
Keywords
Science and technology; Computers and computing
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/83
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
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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).
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