Logic by Machine was made in 1962, and it "Discusses the computer revolution and the relationship between man and machine [and] explains how the computer can process millions of bits of data in seconds and can handle as many arithmetic figures in one minute as a man can handle in a lifetime."
There is a lot we can learn from a video like this. It acknowledges just how exponentially faster the computer can process data, and how extremely revolutionary it is compared to advancements in other technologies. It predicts a "information explosion", 30 years before the invention of the World Wide Web. It gives us a great idea of just the magnitude of this invention and its impact on society and the future.
The video also emphasizes how it is the humans that control the machine and tell it how to think. It quietly down-plays the idea that computers are going to take over and control the world. It really makes a distinction between the human and the computer, while also focusing on how they function together.
It is a good example of just how big of a deal computers were when they were first being invented, and while people made predictions on how they would expand, these experts had no ideas how complex and innovative computers would become.
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