Computer And The Mind Of Man, Pt 5 Managers And Models (1962)
1962 · Short film · 29 min · dir. Richard Moore
Synopsis
Explores the design and simulation capacities of the digital computer. Shows how the computer is used in a chemical plant, a sugar refinery and a flight center where it plays an important role in the designing and testing of the booster stage of the Saturn rocket." Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL's Dr. Helmut Holzer; Thomas Barron, Shell Development; C&H Sugar Refinery in Crockett, CA with IBM 1401 computer and Richard Brooks, Coordinator of Operations & Research; Ernest Koenigsberg, George Dantzig; Earl Isaac of Fair-Isaac.
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Details
- Director
- Richard Moore
- Running time
- 29 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- computer history
Cast & crew
Richard Moore Director
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