This 1978 “Report to Employees” was produced by the Sperry Corporation. The film is hosted by J. Paul Lyet, Sperry CEO, who gives an overview of the company and its many product lines.

J. Paul Lyet speaks from the Sperry Research Center in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where work is being done on tomorrow’s products. At 02:50 we see inside a Sperry Univac Laboratory near St. Paul, Minnesota, showing the creation of memory chips for computers. Today’s chips are compared to the UNIVAC 1 computer of 1951, which had over 5,000 vacuum tubes.

The Sperry New Holland divisionís TR 70 Twin Rotor Combine 03:33, Sperry-built ship simulators at the National Maritime Research Center in Kingspoint, New York; in Clearwater, Florida (04:12).

At 04:29, an ocean fishing trawler is seen, and then a supertanker , which utilizes a Sperry computer collision avoidance system onboard, tracking position, speed and course of up to 45 ships at one time; radar scopes with sweeping scans are also seen. At 04:55 we see the NASA Space Shuttle ìEnterpriseî in flight, and then landing; Sperry Flight Systems Division provided the simulators used by pilots in training; narrator states flight and ground crew training is facilitated by Sperry computerized simulators in Texas. A man and a woman in are seen in a Sperry lab (clean room), with computer terminal and binocular microscope (05:28). At 05:47 we see testing of various Sperry New Holland farm equipment, including a Sperry grain windrower; a screen display of frequency generator test equipment is seen, along with an 8080 combine in Belgium, along with oscilloscope testing equipment in use. At 06:20, an elevated train system in Hamburg, Germany is run by a Sperry Univac computer controlled public transportation system. At 06:55, several close up views of women using Sperry UNISCOPE 200 data input terminals in the Otto Mailing House, a large automated mailing house in Hamburg, Germany. 300 UNISCOPE terminals are used with this Sperry computer system. At 07:14, we see a large mailing house in the United Kingdom using magnetic code imprinting technology and a Sperry post-code reader interpreter, sorter.

At 07:36, In France, one of the largest Sperry computer installations in Europe is an Air France Flight reservation system at Valbonne. Sperry terminals; a computer operator loads a magnetic tape drive; A Sperry model 1100 series large mainframe is shown (likely a Sperry Univac model 1100/40 or 1100/80). At 08:15, John F. Kennedy Airport, which used a large Sperry computer reservation system. Sperry-built hydraulic systems help control aircraft. At 08:55, clear liquids being poured in a chemical lab. At 09:09, large crane equipment loads Sperry equipment for transport by train. At 09:30, the world’s largest truck, Terex Titan is seen using Sperry Vickers hydraulic steering, hauls iron ore. At 09:57, the Royal Doulton China factory in England uses Sperry grinding equipment. At 10:17, Sperry celebrates delivery of the 1000th Sperry AN/UYK-20 computer to the U.S. Navy. Sperry Flight Systems is a recognized leader in business aviation (variety of aircraft are shown) (10:40); At 10:50 a helicopter approaches an ocean landing platform; At 11:00, in France, train speeds through the French countryside; (11:00) an overhead view of a Sperry Univac 1100/40 mainframe room, with multiple CPUs; The French National Railway uses Sperry mainframes as part of traffic control; At 11:30 we see Sperry Uniservo tape drives and UNISCOPE terminals and Sperry traffic control systems. Scene of New Jersey Turnpike toll booths; Display board says ìNew Jersey Turnpike Traffic surveillance and Control Systemî designed by Sperry. (12:35) air traffic controller seen, with radar tracking scopes, commercial aircraft landing. Sperry ARTS-III (Automated Radar Terminal Systemî) used by air traffic controllers (13:01) plastic injection molding machine in use. At 13:30, a Sperry computer is being used in a medical EKG application. Medical technician monitors tape recording machine next to a patient being tested. Ship building in Holland automated by Sperry computers (14:00); plotting equipment and computer controlled metal cutting equipment is used; Sperry computer is connected remotely from Rotterdam; external view of an oil tanker (14:30) Sperry New Holland automated hay bail collection machine in use. END

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