classic-films.md

Classic Films 🎥

Internet

• Computer Networks – Arpanet, 1972 (Part 1)
• Computer Networks – Arpanet, 1972 (Part 2)

General Computing

• Seeing the Digital Future (1961)
• How a Computer Works (1962)
• Computing and Computers - Mainframes and Micros Unite - BBC 2 - 1983

'Managing the Micro' Series (incomplete), BBC 1981

• Managing The Micro - Part 2 - Getting In On The Act - 24th May 1981
• Managing The Micro - Part 3 - Towards The Last Frontier - 31st May 1981
• Managing The Micro - Part 4 - On Line - 7th June 1981
• Managing The Micro - Part 5 - The Human Factor - 14th June 1981

'The Computer Programme' Series, BBC 1982

• The Computer Programme (1): It's Happening Now (Introduction to Computing)
• The Computer Programme (2): Just One Thing After Another (Basic Processing Concepts)
• The Computer Programme (3): Talking To A Machine (Programming Languages)
• The Computer Programme (4): It's On The Computer (Data Storage & Retrieval)
• The Computer Programme (5): The New Media (Communications & Media)
• The Computer Programme (6): Moving Pictures (Graphics & Animation)
• The Computer Programme (7): Let's Pretend (Computer Modelling & Simulations)
• The Computer Programme (8): The Thinking Machine (Artificial Intelligence)
• The Computer Programme (9): In Control (Computers Controlling Other Equipment)
• The Computer Programme (10): Things To Come (The Future Of Computing)

'Making the Most of the Micro' Series, BBC 1983

• Making the Most of the Micro (1): The Versatile Machine
• Making the Most of the Micro (2): Getting Down to BASIC
• Making the Most of the Micro (3): Strings and Things
• Making the Most of the Micro (4): Introducing Graphics
• Making the Most of the Micro (5): Keeping a Record
• Making the Most of the Micro (6), BBC 1983: Getting Down to Business
• Making the Most of the Micro (7): Sounds Interesting
• Making the Most of the Micro (8): Everything Under Control
• Making the Most of the Micro (9): Moving Pictures
• Making the Most of the Micro (10): At the End of the Line

Misc

• Computer Trade Video - Episode 1 - 3rd June 1985 - CTV 1

Applied Computing

• Computing and Computers - Batch Processing (for Banks) - BBC2 - 1980
• Computer Club: The Computer and the Map Maker - BBC2 - 1983
• Computer Club: The Computer and the TV Producer - BBC2 - 1983
• Computer Club: The Computer and the Transport Planner, 1984
• Computer Club: The Computer and the Mariner - BBC2 - 1984

Systems

• 'System Technology' – System Development Corporation (1960)
• Timesharing: A Solution to Computer Bottlenecks (1963)
• Ellis D. Kropotechev and Zeus, This marvelous time-sharing system. 1967 (VPRI 215)
• UNIX: Making Computers Easier To Use, AT&T Bell Laboratories – 1982
• The UNIX Operating System, AT&T archives

Demos

• The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)
• 1969 Engelbart Demo - ASIS Conference (1/3)
• 1969 Engelbart Demo - ASIS Conference (2/3)
• 1969 Engelbart Demo - ASIS Conference (3/3)
• Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991)

Classic Computing 💾

Whirlwind Project

• Jay Forrester on the Whirlwind Computer

Illiac

• The Illiac-IV Lecture - Bay Area Computer, History Perspectives Series

SAGE System

• SAGE Computer Based Air Defense
• Vigilance and Vacuum Tubes: The Sage System, 1956-1963
• Cold War Computing: The SAGE System
• Largest Computer Ever Built: "On Guard: The Story of SAGE" 1956 IBM; Sound Fixed Version

TX Series & LINC

• TX-0, TX-2 and LINC- Early MIT Computers
• Development of the TX-0 at MIT
• TX-0 Computer, MIT, 1956 - 1960

Aerospace Systems

• USAF Air Defense Command System Training Program (STP) 1956 RAND Corp
• Computer for Apollo (Apollo Guidance Computer)

IBM

IBM 705

• 1957 Automatic Data Processing - IBM 705 Mainframe Data Center EDPM ARMY Computer
• IBM 705 Mainframe Computer - 1957 - 1960's era Data Processing machines - USAF Military Punch Card

IBM 360

• IBM System 360 Mainframe Computer History Archives 1964 SLT
• IBM CONTROL PROGRAM OF OPERATING SYSTEM/360

IBM 370

• IBM System/370 Mainframe Computer History Archives Project 1970

IBM PC

• Introducing the IBM Personal Computer, 1983 Promotional Video

Interactive Video Disc

• IBM - Interactive Videodisc Demonstration - Point of Sale Guide for Dealers

Bell Labs

BLIT

• BLIT: an early Windowed Graphic Interface from Bell Labs

DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)

Professional

• Personal Challenge, 25th Anniversary Video

Enfield

• The Enfield Story – DEC Enfield High Performance Work System

VAX

• New York VAX 8974 Cluster Install, 1987

DEC Advertising

• Digital Makes The Difference - Promo Video, 1984
• Remote Systems and Network Management Group, ~1990

DEC History

• DEC and PCs: A perspective, 1997

Xerox

ALTO

• ALTO Probe (VPRI 0216) 1978

Dorado

• Xerox Mockingbird (1980)

Star

• Xerox Star CHI85
• Xerox Star 8010 GUI
• Xerox Star Professional Workstation (1981)
• Xerox Star Demo (1/2)
• Xerox Star Demo (2/2)
• Xerox Star User Interface (1982) 1 of 2
• Xerox Star User Interface (1982) 2 of 2
• Alternate Reality Kit by Randall Smith at Xerox PARC 1986 (VPRI-0131)
• Final Demo of the Xerox Star Computer (Part 1 of 2)
• Final Demo of the Xerox Star Computer (Part 2 of 2)
• The Final Demonstration of the Xerox 'Star' computer (CHM)

MITS

Altair 8800

• The Homebrew Club: Lee Felsenstein, Steve Wozniak, Harry Garland, Bob Marsh, Jef Raskin and Allen Baum
• MITS Altair 8800 Computer, December 1974
• Bill Gates talks about Microsoft and the Altair 8800 (1994)

Commodore

PET

• Pebble Mill: Tandy & Commodore PET, 1977
• Bits and Bytes: Commodore PET, 1977

VIC-20

• Commodore VIC-20 ad with William Shatner

Commodore 64

• Introducing the Commodore 64, 1982
• Introduction to programming the Commodore 64, 1984

Amiga

• The History Of The Commodore Amiga (1992)
• Commodore Amiga 500 Promotional Video
• Tour of Commodore Canada HQ, 1991

Sinclair

ZX Spectrum

• Master Class: Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Introduction to Programming

Acorn

Electron

• Master Class: Graphics and Games for the Acorn Electron Computer

Archimedes

• Acorn Archimedes - A Technical Introduction - 1987 BBC VHS Video
• Welcome to the Learning Curve - Acorn BBC Archimedes Computer 1990

BBC

BBC Microcomputer

• Master Class: Starting BASIC with the BBC Microcomputer

SGI (Silicon Graphics International)

IRIS

• IRIS 2400 workstation (1985)

Indy

• Indy UNIX Workstation Review (1993)

Apple

Apple II

• Apple II Forever - Apple IIc Apple II-GS 1988

Macintosh

• Steve Jobs presentation about Apple (Insanely Great), 1980
• First Public Demonstration of the Macintosh, 1984

iMac

• Introduction of the iMac - Apple Special Event, 1998

iPod

• Introduction of the iPod - Apple Special Event, 2001

iPhone

• Introduction of the iPhone – Macworld, 2007

iPad

• Introduction of the iPad - Apple Special Event, 2010

NeXT

• NeXT team brainstorming session, 1985
• NeXT presentation in San Francisco, 1990
• NeXT vs Sun Competition, 1991
• NeXT internal marketing strategy video, 1991

Raspberry Pi

• Eben Upton - The Story of Raspberry Pi
• Eben Upton - Life Before Raspberry Pi

Languages

BASIC

• Birth of BASIC

C

• C Programming Language: Brian Kernighan, 2015

Interaction systems 🖲

• Ivan Sutherland : Sketchpad Demo (1/2)
• Ivan Sutherland : Sketchpad Demo (2/2)
• GENESYS: An Interactive Computer-Mediated Animation System
• Key Frame Animation

Open Source

• Revolution OS (The Movie)

GUIs & Windowing 🖱

• X Windows System Design Principles, a lecture by James Gettys

Information Technology

• Information Technology Awareness Programme, 1982: IT in the Home
• Information Technology Awareness Programme, 1982: IT in Shops and Banks
• Information Technology Awareness Programme, 1982: IT in Health

Animation ✋

Documentaries

• History of Computer Graphics (1972)
• Unbelievable early days computer animation circa 1980's

Demo Reels

• John Whitney "Catalog" 1961
• John Whitney-Matrix III (1972)
• MAGI Synthavision Demo Reel (1980)
• Marks & Marks Demo Reel (1981)
• Shirogumi Sample Reel (1983)
• Japan Computer Graphics Lab (1984)

Collections

• Computer Animation Magic 1986 VHS RIP XViD CG
• Computer Dreams (1988)
• Art of Computer Animation (1988)
• The Mind's Eye (1990)
• Computer Visions, Digital Vision Entertinament, 1991 (HQ, 60p)
• Beyond the Mind's Eye (1992)

Education

• Technology in Education House Committee 10/12/95 (1 of 3) (VPRI 614 1)
• Technology in Education House Committee 10/12/95 (2 of 3) (VPRI 614 2)
• Technology in Education House Committee 10/12/95 (3 of 3) (VPRI 614 3)
• Seymour Papert and Paulo Freire Debate Technology and the Future of Schools
• Constructionism in 21st Century Classrooms
• Computers in Education - A Guide for Parents - 1993 - Acorn Computers

Accessibility

• The Mountbatten Brailler - RNC Enterprises

People & Research

Alan Kay

• Alan Kay – Computer Applications: A Dynamic Medium for Creative Thought 1972 (VPRI 893)
• Alan Kay – Education in the Digital Age (VPRI 0673)
• Alan Kay – Logo and Smalltalk (VPRI 0575)
• Alan Kay - Remembering Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert

• Seymour Papert (1972)
• Talking Turtle 1, 1983
• Talking Turtle 2, 1983
• Talking Turtle 3, 1983
• Talking Turtle 4, 1983
• Talking Turtle 5, 1983
• Seymour Papert: Children Mathematics and Computers 1983 (VPRI 0163)
• Mathland - Seymour Papert
• Seymour Papert on Idea Aversion
• VPRI-0857 Seymour Papert on Logo: Teaching
• VPRI-0856 Seymour Papert on Logo: Images of Recursion
• Seymour Papert – MIT Medial Lab Interactive Disc Excerpt (1986)
• Seymour Papert Interview
• Learning from Seymour Papert

Steve Jobs

• Nightline interview with Steve Jobs, 1981
• Steve Jobs unabridged interview, 1995

Steve Wozniak

• 'Computing, joining Apple, and the Mac' – Cleveland Apple Club, 1984

Internet & WWW 🔗

• Multimedia on Ethernet, lecture by Paul Sherer
• The 100Mbps Ethernet Standard, Paul Sherer
• Roadkill on the Information Highway, lecture by Nathan Myhrvold
• BBC TV - Interactive Opportunities (Early Multimedia) - Michaela Strachan

Computer Music 🎵

• High Tech Heroes #6: Julius O. Smith & David A. Jaffe
• Max Mathews & John Chowning - Music Meets the Computer
• ICMC SMC 2014 - John Chowning - "Mathew's Diagram and Euclid's Line - Fifty Years ago"
• Max Mathews Radio Baton Demonstration

Video Channels 📼

• Computer History Archives Project
• Computer History Museum
• The Computer Chronicles
• The Centre for Computing History