Clip opens with meter reader at house reading meter. Prop plane flies in the sky. Travel agent is making online airline reservations for a man. Jet plane flies in the sky. Narrator talks about the fast pace of technology. Woman is sitting at computer terminal. Shot of CPU and three men standing in a room with computers. Shot of binders labeled, "BOS/360," "DOS/360," and OS/360." Narrator states that computers have become so fast internally that they must be operated by operating systems which enables the simultaneous processing of many jobs. Concorde plane is taking off and narrator is talking about how the 1970's will bring the super jet age of technology. Clip ends with a shot of men in office smoking cigarettes, room filled with computers and man walking through a room filled with computers.
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