movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- On Guard! The Story of SAGE
- Year
- 1956
- Abstract
- Innovations in computer technology as weapons in the Cold War.
- Notes
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Produced: IBM Corporation, Military Products Division
Sponsor: IBM Corporation, Military Products Division
Run Time: 12:15
Audio/Visual: Sd, C - Keyword
- Cold War;Electronics;Computer;History;Electronics;Computer;History
- Theme
- Great Film for Computer Buffs
- Review
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SAGE, the semi-automatic ground environment, was the first iteration of the air defense systems that guard us to this day. A couple of key points about this film: First, it may be the first public illustration of the concept of the "black box," i.e., a self-contained, easily replaceable, electronic module. Even more interesting, to me, is that the computer on which you watch this film is thousands of times more powerful than the entire SAGE system. In fact, your computer is more powerful than all of the computers in the world combined, circa 1956. An interesting little film about the early days of electronic computers.
(Reviewer: Rocketeer) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F