This color, educational film documentary, Automation in Air Traffic Control, was produced by Remington Rand Univac, a Division of Sperry Rand Corporation, probably between 1955 and 1959. The company was started by John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. This film explains the role of computers in the Air Traffic Control profession.

Intro: Educational Film Library, Syracuse University (0:07-0:13). View of an airport (0:15-0:23). View inside the cockpit of a Convair aircraft (0:24-0:31). View of a Boston airport outside the control tower window. We hear an air traffic controller giving verbal instructions (0:32-0:49). Air traffic controller using a control panel (0:50-0:59). Convair aircraft, N104, used by the Federal Aviation Administration (1:00-1:03). Air traffic controller (1:08-1:42). Convair 880 taking off. Views inside the cockpit showing instrument panel (1:44-2:45). Console Radar system (2:47-2:50). We see a Convair aircraft in flight (2:59-3:31). A Flight plan being filed (3:32-3:47). The plan is fed into a Flight data processing system (3:48-3:53). Univac Division of Remington Rand computer system handles the paperwork (3:54-4:03). A view of a UNIVAC console printer (4:04-4:11). Boston airport control center departure controller (4:12-4:23). T & F Controller by Remington Rand, or Translator, or programming language processor, that translates computer language (4:24-4:33). A File Computer (4:33-4:36). The computer knows the routes. A route indicator has fixed distances (4:43-5:07). All information is in the automated computer equipment (5:08-5:25). We see the Center controller and flight progress strips (5:33-5:37). Illustration of where flights will be (5:38-5:48). Control center departure controller and progress strips (5:56-6:07). Computer updating device updates the file computer (6:08-6:28). A UNIVAC console printer prints new progress strips (6:29-6:44). Control center (6:56-7:05). Convair 880 in flight (7:06-7:09). Teletypewriter used in early to mid-20th century (7:10-7:19). A UNIVAC console printers (7:20-7:29). The Route indicator detecting a conflict (7:30-7:47). Controller changes one aircrafts flight plan (7:48-8:17). New flight entered into computer and new flight strips are printed (8:18-8:28). Radar screen (8:34-8:43). UNIVAC console printer printing new flight strips (8:43-9:09). Console radar (9:13-9:21). The cockpit and instrument panel of Convair aircraft (9:22-9:44).

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