Computer Perspective

A visual survey of artifacts, ideas, events, and memorabilia that represent important milestones in the development of the computer, Computer Perspective is a rapid succession of still images and live-action footage that details the decade-by-decade progression of events in science, technology, history, and business between the years 1890-1950, culminating with the development of the computer. Music by Elmer Bernstein, with percussion improvisation by jazz musician Shelley Manne. Eight minutes

This film, based on the exhibition, “A Computer Perspective,” is a brief survey through “a collection of artifacts, ideas, events and memorabilia belonging to the six decades that led up to 1950 and the electronic computer. “The rapid succession of glimpses – a sampling of images, decade by decade, 1890 to 1950 may help to suggest how immediate and often personal were the separate forces and diverse contributions that together made the computer a reality.”
1972
8 minutes, color.

1972

This film, based on the exhibition, A Computer Perspective, is a brief survey through “a collection of artifacts, ideas, events and memorabilia belonging to the six decades that led up to 1950 and the electronic computer.

“The rapid succession of glimpses – a sampling of images, decade by decade, 1890 to 1950 may help to suggest how immediate and often personal were the separate forces and diverse contributions that together made the computer a reality.”

1972
The Eames Office based this film on their 1971 exhibition, A Computer Perspective, produced for the IBM Corporation.  
The film is a visual survey exploring important milestones in the development of the electronic computer through filming the collection of artifacts, ideas, events, and memorabilia displayed in the exhibition.  
A Computer Perspective conveys the progression of events in science, technology, history, and business (from 1890 to 1950) that culminated in the electronic computer. Charles and Ray were able to show this development through a rapid succession of still images and live-action footage, a hallmark of many of their films and slideshows. 

8 minutes.  color.