An animation depicts how retail business went from paper records to computers in the United States. Charts, diagrams and characters demonstrate how stores billed customers manually. Working of a departmental store shows manual billing of customers by processing customer files and maintaining account receivables under a batch processing system. An on line inquiry system is explained. Depicts how computers made it easy for sales clerk to get charge approval by phoning computer for charge approvals. Cancellation and new reservations occurring shortly before flight time in an airlines results in changes originating at different locations. Every unsold seat represents loss. It is explained how airlines use computers for air reservations. Demonstrates how time sharing will cut cost of computer time.
A Martin Dyna-Soar model rises to a launch position on American Machine and Foundry launcher in the United States. A pilot simulates a flight in Dyna-Soar mock up. A view of Dyna-Soar mock up built for the Development Engineering Inspection held at the Martin Plant on 11 December 1958.
Proposed configurations of the Dyna-Soar rocket-plane in the United States. Two inertial platforms on a table. An engineer spins each of them on their gimbal mountings. Bendix keyboard unit operator depresses several of the Comm-Nav-Interrog channel buttons.
A Titan missile in vertical test position on the Denver test island. (This complex, contained captive test stands where the completed missiles' rocket engines could be test fired under controlled conditions.)
U.S. Air Force officers with civilians at Martin Plant, Denver. Three Air Force officers shake hands and talk with two civilians at Dyna-Soar mock up DEI (Development Engineering Inspection) at Martin Plant, Denver.
Titan missile production line at Martin Plant, Denver. A view from a moving crane over the Titan missile production line at the Martin Plant. Workers and technicians walk around.
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