[HacktionLab] Film suggestion

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I presume there will be video documentaries showing at various times? I'm suggesting an ancient BBC Horizon one called Now the Chips are Down which would go well with my how chips are made wrkshp & may also be relevant to Digital Technology & the History of Capitalism. There's some very nice footage of chips being made back then. This was screened in 78 when the newly emerging microprocessors were known about by very few people and it caused a real sensation - showing desktop computers reading books aloud and understanding the human voice which were amazing feats for then. Callaghan, the caretaker PM of the time was so bowled over that he almost immediately funded chip manufacture and development in this country. The docu contained all sorts of dire warnings about how automation would cause colossall job losses and the dawn of a new leisure society. That bit certainly hasn't come true but it's an interesting look back at social history, technology and really awful shirt fashions of the 70s.

I've managed to download a copy but it's not great resolution. It's been capped from UKTV docus channel and it looks like they've chopped about 15 mins to fit around their poxy ads. Some of the bits missing were interesting while they've included some obvious to us now waffly bits which could be fast forwarded through. If anyone else knows of other places to search for a better copy than mine, then please do. My copy is 733,652,992 bytes in size and 45 mins long whereas it should be close on an hour. thanks.
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