IBM Computers, 1960s
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| (lively music) | 0:00 | |
| Announcer | This is where America's peace of mind begins. | 0:01 |
| Around the clock, radar's electronic eyes watch the skies | 0:05 | |
| and report what they see to SAGE defense system | 0:09 | |
| of the United States Air Force. | 0:12 | |
| Here is a SAGE center on 24-hour alert. | 0:14 | |
| At its heart is a computer developed by a research team | 0:18 | |
| from MIT and IBM, working with the Air Force. | 0:21 | |
| The SAGE computers speeds the information | 0:25 | |
| for decisions by men in our missile age. | 0:28 | |
| Every scheduled flight across American frontiers | 0:31 | |
| is recorded ahead of time on IBM punch cards, | 0:34 | |
| then fed into the SAGE computer. | 0:38 | |
| Now the computer can draw a picture | 0:40 | |
| of what is supposed to be in the sky at any moment. | 0:42 | |
| It continually compares this expected picture | 0:46 | |
| with the real picture as seen by radar. | 0:49 | |
| If a flying object does not belong, | 0:52 | |
| it appears on this viewing screen. | 0:54 | |
| There's one now at the right of the screen, | 0:57 | |
| they call it a blip, unknown flying object. | 0:59 | |
| Friend or foe, within seconds, the Air Force will know. | 1:03 | |
| The officer fires a light gun at the target blip. | 1:07 | |
| This tells the computer to track the object. | 1:10 | |
| At the launching site, a long range Bomarc missile | 1:13 | |
| is ready for firing. | 1:15 | |
| Now they ask the computer to calculate an intercept point. | 1:17 | |
| X marks the spot where the Bomarc missile | 1:21 | |
| would meet the moving target if fired immediately. | 1:23 | |
| The officer in charge makes the final decision. | 1:27 | |
| (suspenseful music) | 1:29 | |
| Fire! | 1:34 | |
| (missile buzzes) | 1:35 | |
| At the moment of launching, | 1:37 | |
| the Bomarc missile receives instructions | 1:38 | |
| from the IBM computer. | 1:40 | |
| As the missile screams to our target | 1:45 | |
| radar keeps on tracking. | 1:47 | |
| With electronic control, | 1:49 | |
| the computer automatically adjusts the missile | 1:51 | |
| to meet any change in the target flight. | 1:53 | |
| There is no escape. | 1:56 | |
| (sparkling music) | 1:58 | |
| (plane explodes) | 2:01 | |
| Intercept! | 2:03 | |
| This was a test. | 2:04 | |
| One of many successful tests | 2:06 | |
| of the SAGE Bomarc security team, | 2:08 | |
| our new system of air defense. | 2:10 | |
| To be ready for the worst | 2:14 | |
| so that the worst will never happen, | 2:15 | |
| America is now armed with instant electronic reflexes. | 2:18 | |
| The SAGE computer made by IBM is another example | 2:22 | |
| of the vast new powers that man can achieve | 2:26 | |
| through the creative use of his mind. | 2:29 | |
| Strength for national defense, | 2:32 | |
| speed for informed decisions, | 2:35 | |
| service for a growing America. | 2:38 | |
| This is IBM. | 2:41 | |
| Freeing man's mind to shape the future. | 2:44 |
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