Computer History Archives Project (CHAP) | Vintage 1970 NASA Satellite Global Weather Computer Tracking, Forecasting, Science @ComputerHistoryArchivesProject | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Vintage Science & Technology: This excellent NASA film shows the role of Satellites in solving Earth’s problems in 1970 and what can be expected during the "coming" decade of the 1970s. Includes a very brief view of CDC series 160 computer and lots of NASA and telecommunications equipment. Very, well narrated, with nice color, and a few digital enhancements. Film comes from the U.S. National Archives. Runs 26 mins. Hope you enjoy this vintage tech film!

Various Topics and Technologies are shown:
- Global Weather Tracking by Satellites
- Computer Weather Models & Forecasting
- Control Data Corp CDC 160 series computer
- Telephones and Telecommunications consoles
- Satellites: Nimbus , Echo, Telstar, Relay, Syncom
- 1964 Tokyo Olympics satellite TV broadcast
- Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Space Medicine
- CBS satellite television broadcasting tests
- Air Traffic Control & Aircraft
- Telescope mounted lasers, computer guided
- Farming, Ocean Temperature Monitoring
- Space Photography, future launch of Skylab

Run Time: 26 mins.
National Archives ID #: 649398