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A Very Brief Visual History of the Typewriter

May 22, 2012 | This excerpt from a World War II-era instructional film includes an overview of early typewriters. More

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The U.S. Army's 1950s 'Flying Platform'

Telstar Brings World Closer (1962)

The Information Machine (1958)

Kinect-Style Interactivity in 1995

The Science of Light

Styling and the Experimental Car (ca. 1964)

It Started With Muybridge (1965)

How Do You Play a 19th-Century Record?

The Wright Brothers Patent the 'Flying Machine'

Something for Nothing (1940)

Sending Pictures by Wire (1937)

Stenop.es: A Pinhole Movie Project

Why Space (1957)

The Oldest Cat Video of All Time?

The History of Nikola Tesla

The History of Thomas Edison

Behind the Lens (1940)

Finding His Voice (1929)

IBM SAGE Defense (1960s)

Hear and Now (1950s)

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A Visual History of the Typewriter This excerpt from a World War II-era instructional film includes an overview of early typewriters.

The U.S. Army's 1950s 'Flying Platform' The promising "flying platform" technology in development in the mid 1950s.

Telstar Brings World Closer (1962) A Universal News Reel segment celebrates the launch of AT&T's Telstar satellite, the first to relay TV signals around the globe.

The Information Machine (1958) The Information Machine, produced by the Eameses in 1958, explores the birth of computing.

Kinect-Style Interactivity in 1995 An amazing 1995 performance of pioneering gesture-controlled video technology

The Science of Light An instructional film explains ultraviolet and infrared light.

Styling and the Experimental Car (ca. 1964) A 1960s documentary by Ford is a whirlwind history of automotive design and innovation.

It Started With Muybridge (1965) This documentary from the U.S. Department of Defense tells the story of scientific photography.

How Do You Play a 19th-Century Record? Curators and scientists worked together to recover the audio recorded on Alexander Graham Bell's earliest records.

The Wright Brothers Patent the 'Flying Machine' A documentary produced by the Department of Defense in 1970 celebrates the Wright brothers' historic achievements.

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