Re: [Videolib] Fwd: Seeking film or short clips on history of information processing/computing for generalists

[Grant, Tyra]

Jeff,
This may be longer and more specifically focused than you seek but definitely 
check it out---even if you don’t use it---superb hidden history:
“Alan Turing at Bletchley Park”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nK_ft0Lf1s
Published May 24, 2012

YouTube description:
“Computer's multimedia editor Charles Severance visits Bletchley Park to 
commemorate the 100th anniversary of Alan Turing's birth. Turing's 
ground-breaking work in the 1940s continues to have an impact on computer 
science as we know it. The Turing test, Turing machine, Turing completeness, 
and Church-Turing computability bear his name in acknowledgment of his early 
breakthroughs and influence. In the video, we see the German Enigma machine 
used to encrypt messages, and the BOMBE mechanical computing system that was 
designed by Alan Turing to crack the Enigma code. We also see the first 
electronic tube/valve-based computer called the Colossus that was built to 
break the more sophisticated Lorenz SZ42 encryption used for Hitler's strategic 
messages during World War II. We see and hear both the BOMBE and Colossus 
running as if they were in production doing code-breaking during the war.

For a podcast of the associated column, please see 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrmGej...

This video is from the Computing Conversations column in IEEE Computer's June 
2012 issue: 
http://opac.ieeecomputersociety.org/o....
 Visit Computer: www.computer.org/computer”

Cheers,
Tyra Grant
University of Kansas Libraries
tgr...@ku.edu


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[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Pearson
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 11:54 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Fwd: Seeking film or short clips on history of information 
processing/computing for generalists


Monday challenge? An instructor asks:

"I am teaching an introductory course to communication studies undergraduates 
about major advances in communication and media technology. The course has an 
historical emphasis and I am hunting for a short film or documentary that 
introduces for non-technical specialists the general history of 19th and 20th 
cetury information processing and computing. I am especially interested in 
approaches that integrate social and cultural questions and analysis, though I 
realize that may be a tall order for one film!"


Thanks,

Jeff P.
UMich
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Re: [Videolib] Fwd: Seeking film or short clips on history of information processing/computing for generalists

[Susan Weber]

Jeff
I'd suggest a BBC-WGBH coproduction, the series The Machine that Changed the 
world. 
It is very extensive, and if you look at the summaries, you may find exactly 
what you need. 
We only have it on VHS. I haven't checked to see if it's avail on DVD. 

Sent by Susan

> On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Jeffrey Pearson  wrote:
> 
> 
> Monday challenge? An instructor asks:
> 
> "I am teaching an introductory course to communication studies undergraduates 
> about major advances in communication and media technology. The course has an 
> historical emphasis and I am hunting for a short film or documentary that 
> introduces for non-technical specialists the general history of 19th and 20th 
> cetury information processing and computing. I am especially interested in 
> approaches that integrate social and cultural questions and analysis, though 
> I realize that may be a tall order for one film!"
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff P.
> UMich
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
> distributors.

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
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Re: [Videolib] Fwd: Seeking film or short clips on history of information processing/computing for generalists

[Jeffrey Pearson]

Thanks, Amy, we have it!

See you next week,

Jeff


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Amy Aquilino  wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> ** **
>
> I recommend one of my personal favorites from the Women Make Movies
> collection,  The Phantom of The Operator.  Let me know if you are
> interested in screening and I will make sure to bring it to NMM!
>
> ** **
>
> http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c657.shtml 
>
> ** **
>
> Best,
>
> ** **
>
> Amy Aquilino
>
> Women Make Movies
>
> Distribution and Sales Coordinator
>
> 115 West 29th St., Suite 1200
>
> New York, NY  10001
>
> (p)212-925-0606 ext. 305
>
> (f)212-925-2052
>
> ** **
>
> Congrats to WMM’s Academy-Award® Winning SAVING 
> FACEby Daniel Junge and 
> Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy which has won
> *two News & Documentary Emmy® Awards: Best Documentary* and Outstanding
> Editing: Documentary and Long Form! View previews of SAVING FACE and the
> entire award-winning WMM catalog, as well as learn more about our
> internationally recognized Production Assistance Program at 
> wmm.com.
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> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey Pearson
> *Sent:* Monday, October 28, 2013 12:54 PM
> *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> *Subject:* [Videolib] Fwd: Seeking film or short clips on history of
> information processing/computing for generalists
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Monday challenge? An instructor asks:
>
> ** **
>
> "I am teaching an introductory course to communication studies
> undergraduates about major advances in communication and media technology.
> The course has an historical emphasis and I am hunting for a short film or
> documentary that introduces for non-technical specialists the general
> history of 19th and 20th cetury information processing and computing. I am
> especially interested in approaches that integrate social and cultural
> questions and analysis, though I realize that may be a tall order for one
> film!"
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks,
>
> ** **
>
> Jeff P.
>
> UMich
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
>
<><><>VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] Fwd: Seeking film or short clips on history of information processing/computing for generalists

[Amy Aquilino]

Hi Jeff,

 

I recommend one of my personal favorites from the Women Make Movies collection, 
 The Phantom of The Operator.  Let me know if you are interested in screening 
and I will make sure to bring it to NMM!

 

http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c657.shtml 
  

 

Best,

 

Amy Aquilino

Women Make Movies

Distribution and Sales Coordinator

115 West 29th St., Suite 1200

New York, NY  10001

(p)212-925-0606 ext. 305

(f)212-925-2052

 

Congrats to WMM’s Academy-Award® Winning SAVING FACE 
  by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen 
Obaid-Chinoy which has won two News & Documentary Emmy® Awards: Best 
Documentary and Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form! View previews 
of SAVING FACE and the entire award-winning WMM catalog, as well as learn more 
about our internationally recognized Production Assistance Program at wmm.com 
 . To receive regular updates from WMM, sign up for our 
E-Newsletter http://bit.ly/15CqbxH  .

 

     

 

 

 

From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Pearson
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 12:54 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Fwd: Seeking film or short clips on history of information 
processing/computing for generalists

 

 

Monday challenge? An instructor asks:

 

"I am teaching an introductory course to communication studies undergraduates 
about major advances in communication and media technology. The course has an 
historical emphasis and I am hunting for a short film or documentary that 
introduces for non-technical specialists the general history of 19th and 20th 
cetury information processing and computing. I am especially interested in 
approaches that integrate social and cultural questions and analysis, though I 
realize that may be a tall order for one film!"

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff P.

UMich

<><><>VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.