Classic TV Commercial for a UNIVAC computer (1956)
1956 · Television · 2 min
Synopsis
A television commercial for the UNIVAC computer from a 5 February 1956 CBS telecast, also promoting the network's weather service.
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★★★★★ · Absolutely great! · uniQ · 2011-04-16
There's so much here. We start with Daly from "What's My Line?" switching us over to the "CBS Remote Unit", which gives us some old hurricane footage. We are assured that the new UNIVAC is "actually doing something" about weather! We are shown the machine operating with spasmodically jerking tape reels and then printing out a dot-matrix weather forecast! There are plenty of little things, like the Remington Rand logo in chrome on the machine (Makes it look like a 1950s refrigerator) and the gas powered snow shovel!