Artifact Details

Title

Historic film transfer to VHS, Monaco

Catalog Number

102630517

Type

Moving Image

Description

This film was produced for the Air Defense Command of the U.S. Air Force, and features a demonstration of a simulated air defense scenerio for radar station crew training. It makes reference to research begun by the RAND Corporation in 1951, and includes information about System Development Corporation (SDC) and IBM digital computers used at the time. The radar simulator featured is based on a 70mm film projector.

Date

1961-10-27

Publisher

System Development Corporation (SDC)

Place of Publication

Japan

Duration

00:54:00

Format

VHS

Copyright Holder

Unknown