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"Big City" (1961)
MIT professor and architectural engineer John E. Burchard '23 accompanies the program host, Garry Moore, as they consider what the urban future holds: How and where we will live in 1980, twenty years in the future? They take Philadelphia and Brasilia as examples to illustrate how a city could be transformed. The hour-long program was filmed as part of the CBS Tomorrow series on the occasion of MIT's Centennial in 1961. Film to HD transfer courtesy of MIT 150. MIT Museum Collections.
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MIT Science Reporter - "How Fast is Fast?"
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Take a look at the life and effect that Harold "Doc" Edgerton had on MIT and the world, in "How Fast is Fast?" produced by the Edgerton Foundation in 1994. The film presents a wide-ranging compilation of film clips and interviews. Doc Edgerton demonstrates all sorts of effects of strobe photography that allow us to see what happens at speeds too fast to be discerned by the naked eye. Some well-...
Making Electrons Count (c. 1950)
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This early 1950s film provides a fascinating tour of the WHIRLWIND I computer facilities at MIT, illustrating daily routines, problem-shooting and step-by-step procedures that computer programmers and other users go through at the research center. Henry Kolm and Robert C. Merton make appearances. Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.
MIT Centennial Round Table Presents-ds = dQ/T and YOU! (1961)
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A roster of luminaries including Jerome Wiesner, Jerrold Zacharias, and John Burchard of MIT discuss the significance of science and technology together with Raymond Aron of the Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Isidor Rabi of Columbia University, and Sir Eric Ashby of Cambridge University. Introduced by MIT President Julius A. Stratton and hosted by Charles Collingwood, this round table discussion...
MIT Science Reporter-"Sailing by Computer" (1966)
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Novel approaches to ship design using state-of-the-art computers are presented in a 1966 interview of Halsey Herreshoff, instructor at the MIT Department of Naval Architecture in charge of research in ship model testing, in this Science Reporter TV program co-produced by MIT and WGBH. Interview by John FItch. Courtesy of the MIT Museum. © MIT and WGBH.
MIT Science Reporter-"EDM: A Magic Slate" (1962)
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Norman Taylor (of ITEK Corp. previously with MIT's LIncoln Lab) demonstrates an innovative electronic drafting machine (EDM) that allows engineers to produce computer-based graphic images using a "light pen." Taylor is interviewed by John Fitch in 1962 as part of the MIT Science Reporter television series presented by MIT and produced by WGBH. Courtesy of the MIT Museum.
MIT Science Reporter-"Underwater Photography" (1964)
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This black-and white film features Harold "Doc" Edgerton interviewed by John Fitch about the technology and scientific applications of underwater photography for the MIT Science Reporter (National Education Television, 1964). Edgerton discusses hand-held cameras and deep-sea camera instruments at the MIT Pool, and reviews examples of his underwater photography fieldwork such as searching for th...
"The Social Beaver" (1956)
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A promotional film for prospective students and visitors to MIT, "The Social Beaver" focuses on the community living and range of social and cultural activities that round out a student's life at MIT, from music groups to hobby clubs, the traditional Field Day competitions, and dormitory life. The film was written and directed by MIT alumnus Oscar Henry Horowitz '22 and features original music ...
MIT Science Reporter - "One Part in a Trillion" (1964)
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In this 1964 MIT Science Reporter program, we take a tour of the nuclear reactor at the U.S. Army Materials Research Agency in Watertown, MA and learn how it is being used as a scientific research tool to detect and fingerprint infinitesimal impurities in metals. Homer Priest (director of the Watertown Research Laboratory) traces how knowledge of molecular structures has grown over time, and di...
"A Solution to Computer Bottlenecks" (1963) - Science Reporter TV Series
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Fernando J. Corbató, Associate Director of the MIT Computation Center, discusses the challenges of resolving computer bottlenecks that were becoming an increasingly significant issue around high-speed computers, and the complex problems involved in setting up a workable time-sharing program. Interviewed by John Fitch '52 for the "Science Reporter" TV series presented by MIT and produced by WGBH...
Scenes from Two Programs about Victor Weisskopf
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Scenes from two programs about Victor Weisskopf by Glorianna Davenport and Richard Leacock, presented on the occasion of a memorial event in 2002 celebrating his life. The first excerpt is taken from the film Remembering Niels Bohr, 1885-1962. The second excerpt is from the film Victor Weisskopf: Understanding Quantum Physics.
Technology 1934
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This silent film, which offers us a marvelous vintage tour of the Institute, was produced by MIT in 1934 "for all who might be interested in knowing more about the Institute and its significance in the world of Science, Art and Engineering," for alumni, "to awaken happy memories of undergraduate days," and for prospective students, to showcase life at MIT "as seen through the eyes of a boy of p...
MIT Science Reporter-"Automatically Programmed Tools" (1959)
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In this 1959 MIT Science Reporter television program, researchers John Francis Reintjes and Douglas Taylor Ross present the APT project, a novel system for the computerization of numerical control being developed at the new MIT Electronic Systems Laboratory. Reintjes and Ross discuss their work using the WHIRLWIND I computer to develop an automatic programming system for numerical control in tw...
"The Eye of a Robot: Studies in Machine Vision at MIT" and "TX-O Computer" (1959)
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The first of two films shown here, "Eye of a Robot" (to 18:30) summarizes computer vision research being carried out in the 1950s at the MIT Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence, under the direction of Marvin Minsky and with Patrick Winston and Berthold Horn supervising the robotics work. The film shows how "experimental computer programs extract line drawings from pictures and use knowledge ...
Tribute Banquet in Honor of Jerome Wiesner's Retirement (1980)
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Tribute Banquet in Honor of Jerome Wiesner's Retirement (1980)
Take Me Back To Tech (1976)
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Take Me Back To Tech (1976)
"The Apollo 4 Mission" (1967)
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This 1967 film depicts the preparation, launch and recovery of the successful flight of the first seven and one-half million pound-thrust Saturn Five vehicle with the Apollo spacecraft. The actual course of the flight is portrayed through animation. Included is color photography from inside the Saturn rings and spectacular views of the earth from an altitude of 11,000 miles. MIT is noted as one...
Founders' Philosophies (1976)
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Founders' Philosophies (1976)
"Reading by Ear" (1966) - Science Reporter TV Series
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"Reading by Ear" (1966) - Science Reporter TV Series
MIT Science Reporter-"Big Magnets" (1961)
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MIT Science Reporter-"Big Magnets" (1961)
MIT Science Reporter-"Computer for Apollo" (1965)
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MIT Science Reporter-"Computer for Apollo" (1965)
MIT Science Reporter - "Returning from the Moon" (1966)
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MIT Science Reporter - "Returning from the Moon" (1966)
MIT Science Reporter-"Food For Space Travelers" (1966)
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MIT Science Reporter-"Food For Space Travelers" (1966)
MIT Experimental Music Studio (c. 1973)
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MIT Experimental Music Studio (c. 1973)
MIT Science Reporter - "Landing on the Moon" (1966)
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MIT Science Reporter - "Landing on the Moon" (1966)
Vignettes of Early Radiation Workers (1978)
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Vignettes of Early Radiation Workers (1978)
"Bountiful Grant of the Sea" (1972)
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"Bountiful Grant of the Sea" (1972)
Artificial Intelligence-Learning and the TEIRESIAS Program (1981)
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Artificial Intelligence-Learning and the TEIRESIAS Program (1981)
MIT's Building 20: "The Magical Incubator"
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MIT's Building 20: "The Magical Incubator"
Inauguration of MIT's 14th President Paul E. Gray (1980)
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Inauguration of MIT's 14th President Paul E. Gray (1980)

Komentáře

  • @Agent77X
    @Agent77X Před 2 hodinami

    Same ones on Starliner?😂

  • @patricksullivan653
    @patricksullivan653 Před 4 hodinami

    Hilarious,the poor fellow drinking the milk,only to have it go over his face,up his nose. All the while in a test chamber.

  • @theJellyjoker
    @theJellyjoker Před 4 hodinami

    The birth of the touch interface. If only modern UI has better accessibility options.

  • @IMTHEBIGGESTCUNT
    @IMTHEBIGGESTCUNT Před 5 hodinami

    Landed humans on the moon in 1969. Bollox.

  • @blackhawk7r221
    @blackhawk7r221 Před 15 hodinami

    And that’s why the fringe nutcases are where they are in life, and not engineers who understand science.

  • @lazy7632
    @lazy7632 Před 17 hodinami

    History of the Hollywood 😊

  • @stumpgrinderbear7034
    @stumpgrinderbear7034 Před 23 hodinami

    Shameful that people still fall for this

  • @DavidG2P
    @DavidG2P Před dnem

    They filled every single of like 400.000 honeycombs separately by hand 🤯

  • @dr.noname6602
    @dr.noname6602 Před dnem

    this should be upscaled by ai to 4k

  • @tmr3513
    @tmr3513 Před dnem

    Never went to the Moon it was all a elaborate charade a fraud of historical magnitude. Watch any video on here of the Americans coming back from their fake moon mission walking normally waving their arms and then find video of Russian cosmonauts coming back from space. They can't walk or even raise their arms. Our fake astronauts were waving to the spectators and even skipping as they came back. Faked it.

    • @ComicMelon
      @ComicMelon Před 15 hodinami

      Muscle fatigue only kicks in after extended stays in space dude, short term Russian launches had them coming out just fine. Not being able to walk is a months problem, not a week.

    • @paulzuk1468
      @paulzuk1468 Před 9 hodinami

      What are you even on about? The crew of Voskhod 2 landed off target, spent two nights in a forest in temperatures as low a -30 degrees Celsius and then skied 9 kilometres to a landing area where a helicopter picked them up. "Can't walk" lol

  • @TheWorld-of7dd
    @TheWorld-of7dd Před dnem

    Incredible, even with such primitive tools they were able to go the moon 238,855 miles away, a number of times and in near flawless maneuver and achievements, personally I find it unbelievable

  • @thomashood5973
    @thomashood5973 Před 2 dny

    Suuuure.

  • @dutchymon
    @dutchymon Před 2 dny

    It is amazing that there are adults who believe that we went to the moon

    • @ComicMelon
      @ComicMelon Před 15 hodinami

      Only people without common sense would beleive we didn't, all evidence points to we went. But you're welcome to provide some, you'd be the first.

  • @zandvoort8616
    @zandvoort8616 Před 2 dny

    This is just fascinating, well done!

  • @terryworth9785
    @terryworth9785 Před 3 dny

    Thunderbirds are Go

  • @OscarGarcia-jf4im
    @OscarGarcia-jf4im Před 3 dny

    Intelligente Hombre

  • @quadcityracing
    @quadcityracing Před 3 dny

    Still seems strange that a 32,000 lbs module left no rocket imprint. But whatever…

    • @thunderboltpenetrator8498
      @thunderboltpenetrator8498 Před 2 dny

      Theyre super smarter than eh-lon and had bettter technology… duh… without the help of G5 or cell phone reception . First try was enough , no other testing required 👍 Wait 🤔

    • @eventcone
      @eventcone Před 2 dny

      Well, that's its approximate launch mass (actually 33,500 lbs). Why would you think it would weigh that much at touchdown on the Moon? Because by then it has expended virtually all of its Descent Stage propellant mass of 18,000 lbs. Then on the Moon its weight is one sixth of what it would be on Earth. So that's only 2,583 lbs at lunar touchdown. Oops!

    • @thunderboltpenetrator8498
      @thunderboltpenetrator8498 Před 2 dny

      @@eventcone only 2.5 tons??? Yet they left footprints with their boots..🤔 and it’s obvious thats the dirt is being kicked up in the “video”

    • @eventcone
      @eventcone Před 15 hodinami

      @@thunderboltpenetrator8498 No - that would be 1.29 tons (2000 lbs in an american ton). Yes, of course some dust was kicked up. That's the key word - "some". How long would it take for all of it to be removed (clearly it wouldn't all be removed instantaneously)? It would take time to remove all of the dust, and the further from the engine the more time it would take. As dust was still being kicked up at the time of engine shutdown, it's clear that all of the dust was NOT removed. Also more of the dust immediately beneath the engine is likely to be removed than the dust around the LM, where the astronauts are walking.

    • @quadcityracing
      @quadcityracing Před 11 hodinami

      @@eventconeinteresting, 18,000 lbs of fuel just to travel with a gravitational pull. Seems like a lot to use for landing, estimating 4 tanks 3’x10’. LEM doesn’t look large enough to house the fuel. And how much fuel to assent back into orbit and dock with the shuttle?. This time we would be lighter but flying against gravity.

  • @JetFire9
    @JetFire9 Před 3 dny

    How long would Biden last as an ablative shield?

  • @nickthompson2023
    @nickthompson2023 Před 3 dny

    I’m over here geeking out. It’s amazing what people can do when given the motivation and resources to accomplish a common goal.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 Před 3 dny

    I love these MIT Science Reporter pieces. They are so illustrative of where we were heading at specific times. Thanks for bringing them to us.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 Před 3 dny

    11:55 That magnet looks quite a bit like The Time Tunnel. I wonder if Irwin Allen was watching.

  • @lowreztv
    @lowreztv Před 3 dny

    It looks like it won't work... NASA would have to be foolish to accept this design.

  • @wildboar7473
    @wildboar7473 Před 4 dny

    1:38 Million miles? Over 240,000 miles but even with the *8* still too much.

  • @yoskarokuto3553
    @yoskarokuto3553 Před 4 dny

    NASA SP287 " WHAT MADE APOLLO A SUCCESS ??? " " of course , the way we got this job done was with meeting , big meetings , little meeting hundreds of meetings ! the thing we always tried to do in these meetings was to ( encourage every one no matter how shy to speak out !!! " ) WHY encourage every one DON'T SHY TO SPEAK SOMETHING OUT !!! IS ULTIMATE SECRET TO " MADE APOLLO A SUCCESS ??? " YOU CAN GO TO THE MOON WITH " DON'T SHY TO SPEAK SOMETHING OUT ??? " SHY FOR SPEAK WHAT ??? (apollo 11 press conference)

  • @LauraReed-wu2ww
    @LauraReed-wu2ww Před 4 dny

    It was difficult enough for them to get the space shuttle into orbit, and you expect me to believe they traveled 230k miles away in 4 days with little knowledge of space and limited technology? Lol youre funny

    • @eventcone
      @eventcone Před 4 dny

      Every era has 'limited technology'. There were more launches of the Space Shuttle than any other US spacecraft - around 130, in fact - not so 'difficult' as you make out.

    • @LauraReed-wu2ww
      @LauraReed-wu2ww Před 4 dny

      @@eventcone yeah, but more advanced technology than the previous era. So with that advanced technology, why can't we go back to the moon? One reason they tell us is that it's too expensive, yet we have the funds for things like the space shuttle, the ISS, the multiple Mars rover mission, Cassini, the James Webb telescope? Just to name a few.....all costing billions.....

    • @eventcone
      @eventcone Před 3 dny

      @@LauraReed-wu2ww That's like you saying that you don't have the funds for a new Ferrari, and me replying "yet you have the funds for things like a house, a Ford, fuel to heat and light your house, food, clothes and a family. All costing thousands per year" We can go back to the Moon. Bur first the US Congress has to approve the budget that provides provision for funding that. Then the necessary hardware has to be developed and the people who are going to enact it to be trained. Project Artemis is funded since 2017. The SLS launch vehicle has made its first flight, as has the Orion spacecraft. A second flight of Orion, this time on SLS is required, as also is a landing vehicle. So that hardware is in development.

    • @LauraReed-wu2ww
      @LauraReed-wu2ww Před 3 dny

      @@eventcone lol no that's not even close to the same thing. Space shuttle program cost literally billions of dollars. Get real. Just watching the video alone from them lifting off the moon,,,,dude if you really believe that, then you are gullible.

    • @LauraReed-wu2ww
      @LauraReed-wu2ww Před 3 dny

      @@eventcone have you watched the video of them taking off from the moon? With little to hardly any kind of propulsion system, they just floated on up there. Yeah, totally real. 100%. I totally completely believe it. I mean, it makes sense. You are right. What a fool I am. I need to start believing everything my government tells me. They never lie.

  • @dcran4d
    @dcran4d Před 5 dny

    😂

  • @sea736
    @sea736 Před 6 dny

    El pelón no ganó las elecciones. Fraudulento y el auténtico capo de México.

  • @dcran4d
    @dcran4d Před 6 dny

    😂

  • @johnrobertd748
    @johnrobertd748 Před 6 dny

    Do you think this computer guided the Apollo? Your little cellphone has more power than this whole computer did, and today, we can't put a man on the moon. Why?

    • @msidc1238
      @msidc1238 Před 6 dny

      Because computers don't get us to the Moon.

    • @wildboar7473
      @wildboar7473 Před 4 dny

      They say they used the stars to navigate. With CGI you can go anywhere.....

    • @msidc1238
      @msidc1238 Před 3 dny

      @@wildboar7473 CGI in the 60s?

    • @wildboar7473
      @wildboar7473 Před 3 dny

      Did we use computers to get to the Moon? Operation. Astronauts manually flew Project Gemini with control sticks, but computers flew most of Project Apollo except briefly during lunar landings. Strange rumors godly Artemis is at risk because of sensitive Computer /Electronics, (think one was use for #1 moon getting) so why just not put humans on top of rocket and bingo! Easier to do than fake! :)

    • @msidc1238
      @msidc1238 Před 3 dny

      @@wildboar7473 Gemini had an onboard computer, although much more basic than the AGC.

  • @blackhat856
    @blackhat856 Před 7 dny

    So Donald Trump knows all about the UFO/FILE then👽👽👽🛸🛸🛸🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @paulwolf3302
    @paulwolf3302 Před 7 dny

    It's hard to believe this actually worked. I guess the sextant has really stood the test of time.

  • @mydogiscalledoscar
    @mydogiscalledoscar Před 7 dny

    Good luck. Hope they make it.

  • @markh.2899
    @markh.2899 Před 9 dny

    Analog much?

  • @1971VoiceoftheMummy

    Very interesting. There have and are so many different methods for representing numbers and letters. 27:41 The video didn't talk about how the digits were created and what was "driving" them. Any ideas how they worked?

  • @user-sn3ch4mt4i
    @user-sn3ch4mt4i Před 9 dny

    You believe in a moon?😅

  • @Dickusification
    @Dickusification Před 9 dny

    The magnetic core memory almost predicts quantum computing. Keeping a physical magnetic state isolated is akin to keeping a qubit isolated in superposition

  • @jusfon4480
    @jusfon4480 Před 10 dny

    اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد. ياعلي مدد 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @mbmarsh47
    @mbmarsh47 Před 11 dny

    This guy's imagination is almost as big as my 4-year-old's.

  • @mbmarsh47
    @mbmarsh47 Před 11 dny

    Nasa was made up of Nazis. Nazis were masters of propaganda.

    • @eventcone
      @eventcone Před 4 dny

      Propaganda experts make lousy engineers. It was the engineers that the USA wanted. Not Joseph Goebbels' minions.

  • @David-cv1se
    @David-cv1se Před 11 dny

    Its impossible to land on a semi transparent semi translucent disc

    • @msidc1238
      @msidc1238 Před 4 dny

      I doubt it's impossible and that's irrelevant anyway.

  • @algomaone121
    @algomaone121 Před 12 dny

    This is a GEM of a documentary! The fact that we were able to work through all the analog problems of early computing is amazing.

  • @kening95
    @kening95 Před 12 dny

    They couldn't land the lem on the earth but they did it multiple times on the moon!! Astronauts to the moon, ha ha ha.

    • @paulzuk1468
      @paulzuk1468 Před 11 dny

      "They couldn't fly the submarine in the air but they sailed it several times underwater! Sailors of the seas, ha ha!"

    • @ComicMelon
      @ComicMelon Před 15 hodinami

      The LEM isn't aerodynamic... it'd be like flying a plane underwater.

  • @sagauer
    @sagauer Před 13 dny

    That is some startrek like stuff

  • @datsweetsansabooty
    @datsweetsansabooty Před 13 dny

    Was this passed off as real footage when it aired? Or did they say it was a simulation?

  • @niltmp7126
    @niltmp7126 Před 14 dny

    Seeing their navigation computer, now I'm sure the lunar landing was a hoax

    • @stephenpage-murray7226
      @stephenpage-murray7226 Před 13 dny

      Then you’d better look into it (AGC) a little deeper.

    • @wildboar7473
      @wildboar7473 Před 4 dny

      Little problems with the display of the AGC hunchbacked /T6kCWINQLxk

  • @peervincent7845
    @peervincent7845 Před 14 dny

    Those guys invented the future and our modern world as we know by now. They did incredible work.

  • @IainSmith-ib5lf
    @IainSmith-ib5lf Před 15 dny

    Such an interesting new way to look at "old" discoveries. Thanks!

  • @theeraphatsunthornwit6266

    You can call it science and half of the people will believe you.... theranos vice president.

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    @jshellenberger7876 Před 15 dny

    Hey guys, I don’t walk around telling myself. I look like Brad Pitt I live in Thailand and it’s 2024 and the Thai people tell me I look like Brad Pitt at least one day so what were you guys doing down there in Munich and Stuttgart in the 80s and 70s and 60s, cause my dad is weird too and he was also in Germany because I got born there when he was in the army posted #BW

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    @jshellenberger7876 Před 15 dny

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