This color educational/promotional film is about the IBM System/36 (S/36), IBM announced its System/36 on May 16, 1983, to combine data processing, word processing, business color graphics and office management functions in a low-cost, easy to use computer for first time and experienced users. It was designed for work in a normal office. It was a multi-tasking successor to the S/34. This was made in 1984.

Opening: IBM presents. An aerial city shot. People working on IBM computers at their desks. Print out moving. Fingers typing. Stock Market ticker on Wall Street. Men on their phones, typing, a computer print out. Title: IBM System/36 (:06-:39). Buttons on a control board are flashing. Exterior of the Agnes Raoul Glenn Memorial Building. X-rays are being reviewed inside the building. A doctor talks to a patient. A radiologist, Dr. Phillips, in Georgia discusses his use of the System 36. He talks with his office administrator. The administrator reviews the records on the computer. She then shares her thoughts on the new S/36. The administrator then talks with a patient. S/36 computer screen. A printer prints out bills and forms. The radiologist works with a patient. Dr. Phillips walks and discusses the IBM System 3/36 and shows the boxes it came in. Fingers type keys. The administrator saris more thoughts (:40-4:06). Construction on a new building being done by Morrison–Knudsen (MK), an American civil engineering and construction company. Coal is dumped from a crane. Scaffolds near a ship being worked on. Exterior of the world headquarters for Morrison–Knudsen in Boise, ID. Members of the corporate information systems team discuss the S/36. Construction on site. A woman opens the larger S/36. MK corporate data center. The S/36 systems are integrated into the IBM 4300s. A woman types. Team members give their views on the new S/36. A woman types on the S/36. Team members discuss around a table. Remote construction site. S/36 is in an office on a construction site. Men grab beams to lay on the building. Aerial shot near a construction site. An off shore oil rig (4:07-7:29). Fingers tighten a screw. A woman on a phone. Web Seal, Inc. located in Rochester, NY is a gasket manufacturer. Gaskets being made by workmen. The founder’s son, John Hurley walks through the factory floor. John Hurley then discusses using the S/36. A man types up an invoice. Founder Don Hurley discusses using the S/36. John works with the S/36. Computer screen. The company’s coordinator discusses the S/36. Another woman flips print outs. A booklet is open. Women talk about using the S/36 at the Web Seal company. Inventory in the warehouse as a worker walks through. Workers in the office. Fingers press keys. John Hurley wraps up his thoughts (7:30-11:00). End disclaimer for the IBM System 36 (11:01-11:37).

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