Twin-masted Coast Guard training ship under full sail.
01:01:07 Main Title: AMVER - The Automated Merchant Vessel Report System
01:01:21 Mercator chart of world w/ narration about distances.
01:02:05 Men on ship’s bridge; man smoking at rail; man playing solitaire. Helmsman spinning wheel; steering failure, officer on telephone. Men checking charts; storm w/ high waves over deck.
01:03:06 Freighter underway. Int. seaman reading, has stomach pain. Captain told, writes notes for radio message. Illustration showing route of message. Man at teletype machine, given message to send to AMVER.
01:04:26 Sailor takes message from teletype. Ships around shown on map.
01:04:56 Sailors in room, one typing message into computer. Computer’s large memory discs; reading magnetic disc. Main frame & blinking lights. More map illustration.
01:06:41 Sailor at keyboard, computer (IBM 1403?) running, printing out & punch cards sorted. Cards generate punch tape; cards fed into card transmitter & message to rescue center. Sailor at map plotting.
01:08:09 Ill sailor laying, given hot water bottle.
01:08:15 Freighter wallowing heavily in rough seas.
01:08:27 Sailor at computer; officer plotting position by hand. Sailor checking filing cabinet. LS of computer room equipment. Radiomen sending sailing plan; received & checked for errors. Sailors making up cards for ship.
01:10:06 Sail plan. Card into computer; hard drives storing information on oxide discs. Computer working. Sailors working in computer room.
01:11:07 Illustration of passenger jet crossing Atlantic above clouds; radioing alert. Illustration showning glide area. AMVER printing out. CU fingers typing to list nearby ships. Punch cards come out, gathered, sorted & transmitted. Controller on phone to pilot. Illustration of ships in area.
01:13:01 Sailor at computer; man w/ punch cards; man plotting.
01:13:15 Aerial over tanker & freighter turning. Man sending w/ telegraph key. Illustration. Computer.
01:13:51 Coast Guard search & rescue plane taking off; view in cockpit, view from below. Jet amphibian helicopter taking off from ship deck. Computer operator. Tail title & credits. The End.
Technology History; 1960s; Transportation;
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Twin-masted Coast Guard training ship under full sail. 01:01:07 Main Title: AMVER - The Automated Merchant Vessel Report System 01:01:21 Mercator chart of world w/ narration about distances. 01:02:05 Men on ship’s bridge; man smoking at rail; man playing solitaire. Helmsman spinning wheel; steering failure, officer on telephone. Men checking charts; storm w/ high waves over deck. 01:03:06 Freighter underway. Int. seaman reading, has stomach pain. Captain told, writes notes for radio message. Illustration showing route of message. Man at teletype machine, given message to send to AMVER. 01:04:26 Sailor takes message from teletype. Ships around shown on map. 01:04:56 Sailors in room, one typing message into computer. Computer’s large memory discs; reading magnetic disc. Main frame & blinking lights. More map illustration. 01:06:41 Sailor at keyboard, computer (IBM 1403?) running, printing out & punch cards sorted. Cards generate punch tape; cards fed into card transmitter & message to rescue center. Sailor at map plotting. 01:08:09 Ill sailor laying, given hot water bottle. 01:08:15 Freighter wallowing heavily in rough seas. 01:08:27 Sailor at computer; officer plotting position by hand. Sailor checking filing cabinet. LS of computer room equipment. Radiomen sending sailing plan; received & checked for errors. Sailors making up cards for ship. 01:10:06 Sail plan. Card into computer; hard drives storing information on oxide discs. Computer working. Sailors working in computer room. 01:11:07 Illustration of passenger jet crossing Atlantic above clouds; radioing alert. Illustration showning glide area. AMVER printing out. CU fingers typing to list nearby ships. Punch cards come out, gathered, sorted & transmitted. Controller on phone to pilot. Illustration of ships in area. 01:13:01 Sailor at computer; man w/ punch cards; man plotting. 01:13:15 Aerial over tanker & freighter turning. Man sending w/ telegraph key. Illustration. Computer. 01:13:51 Coast Guard search & rescue plane taking off; view in cockpit, view from below. Jet amphibian helicopter taking off from ship deck. Computer operator. Tail title & credits. The End. Technology History; 1960s; Transportation;