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Datas Processing | IBM 360, Mag Tape, Punch Cards (1972)

Computers & Data Processing: A fascinating educational film from 1972.

It introduces the field of Data Processing, with scenes of electric adding machines, IBM System/360 model 65 mainframe system, IBM 2401 magnetic tape machines, Control Data Corporation (CDC) image scanner; Burroughs Punch Tape Reader and MICR/OCR, CDC 160 computer and much more.

Here is an index to many of the vintage machines we identified:

00:10 - Burroughs adding machine

00:45 - Paper filing methods

01:00 - IBM Selectric Typewriter

01:10 - ADDO-X paper tape calculator (by AB Addo)

01:13 - Automatic Page Collating Machine

01:21 - Xerox 2400 Photocopier

01:32 - IBM 029 Keypunch Machine (card punch)

02:28 - IBM Card Sorter

03:00 - IBM Model 188 Collator of 1961

03:42 - IBM 602-A Calculating Punch Machine

04:54 - IBM Accounting Machine Model 407 ?

05:47 - IBM System/360 model 65 mainframe

06:01 - IBM 2401 Magnetic tape machine; disk unit, printer

06:18 - IBM High Speed Card Reader

06:14 - IBM Plug Board Program (examples)

06:58 - Computer Memory (inside computer)

07:26 - IBM Plug Board Panel (Hardwired Program)

07:37 - Rack of multiple Plug Board Programs Pre-wired for use

08:06 - IBM 2401 Mag Tape Machine

08:11 - Computer Light Panel (blinking)

08:20 - Operator adjusting IBM tape machines

08:23 - Computer Room view (tapes, disks)

08:35 - IBM keyboard input to system

08:40 - IBM typewriter Type ball in operation

09:00 - IBM High Speed Card Reader

10:19 - High Speed Printer

10:25 - CDC Optical Scanner

10:59 - Paper Tape Punch/Reader (Burroughs)

11:08 - Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) (Burroughs Corporation)

11:18 - Viatron System 21 Terminals

11:40 - Views of the Data Center and Personnel

12:13 - Electrical Power Station Control Center

12:16 - {wave or signal monitoring station?}

12:29 - CDC 160A Console and tape drives

12:36 - Telecommunications tracking/reporting center?

Some of the punch card scenes were filmed at the Statistical Tabulating Corporation (“STC”) a large computer data processing service bureau during the 1960’s-1970’s.

STC later sold its business to Automatic Data Processing (“ADP”) in 1980.

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