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“The Airplane at Play” (1930s) — Charles S. Draper and Robert M. Love

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Charles Stark Draper and Robert M. Love '33 give a wonderful pilot's view of early aerial acrobatics, filming them from both the ground and the cockpit. Cameramen: Draper and Arthur Rossi; Pilot: C.W. Sutherland. Loc...

“The Eye of a Robot: Studies in Machine Vision at MIT” and “TX-O Computer” (1959)

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The first of two films shown here, "Eye of a Robot" (to 18:30) summarizes computer vision research being carried out in the 1950s at the MIT Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence, under the direction of Marvin Minsky...

“Underwater Photography” (1964) — Science Reporter TV Series

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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This black and white film features Harold "Doc" Edgerton interviewed by John Fitch about the technology and scientific applications of underwater photography for the "MIT Science Reporter" (National Education Televisi...