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Prelinger Archives. On Guard! The Story of SAGE (c. 1956)
Title
Prelinger Archives. On Guard! The Story of SAGE (c. 1956) [electronic resource (video)] / Prelinger Archives.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c1956.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (12 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 21, 2010.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Produced by the IBM Corporation, Military Products Division.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This Prelinger Archives film introduces SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), a computerized early warning system designed to guard against enemy aircraft. State-of-the-art in 1956, the system was composed of room-sized computers and giant "Displayscopes." The film represents an effort to describe the system without alienating a technologically unsophisticated public. "You are listening to the heartbeat of the SAGE computer," says the narrator. "Every instrument in this room is constantly monitoring, testing, pulse-taking, controlling." With images of children playing and a little girl sleeping, the film asks, "What better reason for an electronic defense?" and tells us that "the future of America is secure." Glimpses of huge mainframes maintained by well-tailored men and women are a far cry from the casual sensibility we associate with Microsoft and Silicon Valley.
Variant and related titles
On Guard! The Story of SAGE (c. 1956)
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Other formats
Originally produced: Prelinger Archives, 1956.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Credits
Produced by the IBM Corporation, Military Products Division.
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Contents
On Guard! The Story of SAGE (c. 1956) (12:00)
Videorecording number
41787 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Prelinger Archives.
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