1964 - Africa, Nigeria: Focus On Progress - I.B.M. Center

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1964 - Africa, Nigeria: Focus On Progress - I.B.M. Center Nigeria city, industrial, agriculture & school scenes w/ outline of country superimposed. Titles. 04:01:10 Host to camera introducing woman from Nigerian Ministry of Education, North American representative of International Business Machines / IBM Dick Conner (?) who explains uses of computers in space exploration, translation & Victor ??, Nigerian mathematics lecturer from University of Ibadan who explains IBM investment in University & establishment of IBM Education Center for Africa, March 1964. Costs discussed & IBM paying all fees & travel costs from host countries. 04:09:30 University of Ibadan buildings, entrance w/ sign: IBM World Trade Corporation, African Education Centre, CU. Students look at Africa wall map; work at punch card sort machines, printers. CUs. IBM (White) instructor, Ethiopian student. Machines explained. CU printout of Election information. j04:12:52 Students at keypunch machines. IBM mainframe 1401 Data Processing Machine. CUs. Circuit boards. Black mathematics instructor w/ student rewiring computer board; loading & running & sorting punch cards. 04:14:53 White instructor at blackboard & students; MCU & CUs. Rewiring computer, CUs. 04:16:35 Panel talking. Conner explains which machine is computer & which are support machines; discuss cost of machine: cheap in terms of answers per pound, pence etc. Discuss how computers can be used in Nigeria. Talks about use for recent Federal Electoral information & census data & its speed. Conner explains two computers being used in Nigeria, one at railroad in Lagos. Tells uses of computers in terms of medicine, space research. 04:22:20 Talk about size of computers for use in Saturn V; roll of IBM in designing & making computers. 04:23:37 Talk of future of computers in Nigeria & the future of the IBM Education Center at Ibadan University. 04:25:28 Summary by moderator. 04:26:43 End credits. International Marketing; Promotional Films; Trade Diplomacy; Information Age; Teaching; NOTE: Any continuous 14 minutes sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk