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“Full Day” (1958) — Kevin Lynch

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Professor Kevin Lynch BCP '47 produced this time-lapse film showing 24 hours as viewed from the Memorial Drive side of the MIT campus, looking across the Charles River towards the city of Boston, in 1958, as part of h...

MIT Centennial Procession (1961)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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This short silent film shows the formal procession of MIT professors and other dignitaries gathering for the academic assembly at the MIT Centennial celebrations in 1961. MIT president Julius A. Stratton and his wife,...

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

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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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...