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2D Logistical Command (Supermarket of the Pacific) Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: 221141-01

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1967

Country: Japan

Location: Noha,Okinawa

TC Begins: 02:00:03

TC Ends: 02:11:17

Duration: 00:11:14

2D Logistical Command (Supermarket of the Pacific) Pt. 1 of 2 19-29May67 Probably in Noha, Okinawa INT Data Processing dept., 2D Logistical Command, Japan? - Local women make out Header Cards. Woman checks requisitions for errors. CUs women as they work. 02:02:28 Two local men at 084 Sorter. CU punch cards out of machine. US soldier checks cards for sequence. Woman operates card puncher / verifier. CUs women as they handle cards. Computer Room where requisitions come in from Transceiving Sec. - rows of women typing. 02:06:16 Man checks stacks of cards; entry in log. Man places tape on IBM 729, checks IBM Printer 1403. CU computer printouts emerging. 02:08:55 Cards are fed into machine (to be transferred onto tape). Tape Library - woman pushes loaded rack. SP4 soldier and civilian operate equipment in Data Processing. Tape is replaced on the 729. Deculator in operation. Vietnam War. Logistics. Supplies. Information Technology. Computing. Archives. Main-frame computers; Calculators; Data Storage;

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