| CARDING A NATION Details from census forms in Prague are punched onto cards by special machinery. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7205 |
| Catalog #: | 50391 | |
| Clip Number: | 50391-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 420 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:43 - 01:24:58 | |
| Location: | Prague, Czechoslovakia. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMPUTERS: Punch Card GOVERNMENT: Census LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia, Bohemia), Prague | |
| Description: | CARDING A NATION Details from census forms in Prague are punched onto cards by special machinery. Prague, Czechoslovakia. Various shots of women sitting at large adding machines, punching in details from annual census forms that are printed out on cards. The cards have holes punched into them under headings, relating to details of each person. Several shots of the machinery working to duplicate the cards at high speed. A rudimentary 1930s punch card computer, used to store census information. Includes CUs of cards going through machines. | |
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