SPERRY CORPORATION 1978 REPORT TO EMPLOYEES UNIVAC COMPUTERS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL XD82685

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This 1978 "Report to Employees" was produced by the Sperry Corporation. The film is hosted by J. Paul Lyet, Sperry CEO, who gives an overview of the company and its many product lines.
J. Paul Lyet speaks from the Sperry Research Center in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where work is being done on tomorrow's products. At 02:50 we see inside a Sperry Univac Laboratory near St. Paul, Minnesota, showing the creation of memory chips for computers. Today's chips are compared to the UNIVAC 1 computer of 1951, which had over 5,000 vacuum tubes.
The Sperry New Holland divisionís TR 70 Twin Rotor Combine 03:33, Sperry-built ship simulators at the National Maritime Research Center in Kingspoint, New York; in Clearwater, Florida (04:12).
At 04:29, an ocean fishing trawler is seen, and then a supertanker , which utilizes a Sperry computer collision avoidance system onboard, tracking position, speed and course of up to 45 ships at one time; radar scopes with sweeping scans are also seen. At 04:55 we see the NASA Space Shuttle ìEnterpriseî in flight, and then landing; Sperry Flight Systems Division provided the simulators used by pilots in training; narrator states flight and ground crew training is facilitated by Sperry computerized simulators in Texas. A man and a woman in are seen in a Sperry lab (clean room), with computer terminal and binocular microscope (05:28). At 05:47 we see testing of various Sperry New Holland farm equipment, including a Sperry grain windrower; a screen display of frequency generator test equipment is seen, along with an 8080 combine in Belgium, along with oscilloscope testing equipment in use. At 06:20, an elevated train system in Hamburg, Germany is run by a Sperry Univac computer controlled public transportation system. At 06:55, several close up views of women using Sperry UNISCOPE 200 data input terminals in the Otto Mailing House, a large automated mailing house in Hamburg, Germany. 300 UNISCOPE terminals are used with this Sperry computer system. At 07:14, we see a large mailing house in the United Kingdom using magnetic code imprinting technology and a Sperry post-code reader interpreter, sorter.
At 07:36, In France, one of the largest Sperry computer installations in Europe is an Air France Flight reservation system at Valbonne. Sperry terminals; a computer operator loads a magnetic tape drive; A Sperry model 1100 series large mainframe is shown (likely a Sperry Univac model 1100/40 or 1100/80). At 08:15, John F. Kennedy Airport, which used a large Sperry computer reservation system. Sperry-built hydraulic systems help control aircraft. At 08:55, clear liquids being poured in a chemical lab. At 09:09, large crane equipment loads Sperry equipment for transport by train. At 09:30, the world's largest truck, Terex Titan is seen using Sperry Vickers hydraulic steering, hauls iron ore. At 09:57, the Royal Doulton China factory in England uses Sperry grinding equipment. At 10:17, Sperry celebrates delivery of the 1000th Sperry AN/UYK-20 computer to the U.S. Navy. Sperry Flight Systems is a recognized leader in business aviation (variety of aircraft are shown) (10:40); At 10:50 a helicopter approaches an ocean landing platform; At 11:00, in France, train speeds through the French countryside; (11:00) an overhead view of a Sperry Univac 1100/40 mainframe room, with multiple CPUs; The French National Railway uses Sperry mainframes as part of traffic control; At 11:30 we see Sperry Uniservo tape drives and UNISCOPE terminals and Sperry traffic control systems. Scene of New Jersey Turnpike toll booths; Display board says ìNew Jersey Turnpike Traffic surveillance and Control Systemî designed by Sperry. (12:35) air traffic controller seen, with radar tracking scopes, commercial aircraft landing. Sperry ARTS-III (Automated Radar Terminal Systemî) used by air traffic controllers (13:01) plastic injection molding machine in use. At 13:30, a Sperry computer is being used in a medical EKG application. Medical technician monitors tape recording machine next to a patient being tested. Ship building in Holland automated by Sperry computers (14:00); plotting equipment and computer controlled metal cutting equipment is used; Sperry computer is connected remotely from Rotterdam; external view of an oil tanker (14:30) Sperry New Holland automated hay bail collection machine in use. END
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[@davidaulds7031]

Love these old films, so cool.

[@JW-fq1ec]

My grandfather worked for Sperry in Minnesota for over 20 years.

[@joeconrad3828]

They don’t make corporate movies like this anymore! Fantastic. My father was working at Sperry Univac in 1978 when it was made. He used to bring home stacks of discarded computer punch cards for us to play with. I wish I could ask him if he wore a white lab coat when he worked.

[@pauldg837]

I had an interview with Sperry Univac in 1981 for a position in their international marketing team. I was very impressed, however I felt that I had the same opportunities at 3M, and I am glad that I made the decision to stay with 3M.

[@Nermash]

Back when CEO made only 8-10x of the lowest salary in company.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

What, if ANYTHING, does THAT have to do with this video?

[@christopherjackson2157]

It was a tough time for the luxury yacht industry

[@AdamWaffen]

And actually knew the products.

[@franklindorrell4755]

​@@NunofurdambiznezThe comment section is for comments, why is that hard for you to understand.

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525]

This is very important to be able to step back in time like this to see what they were predicting. But also to see what they were doing at the time as well.👍

[@ipsprez8672]

Three years after this film was made I went to work for Honeywell's Solid State Electronics Division in Minneapolis. Had the pleasure of working on Reagans Star Wars Initiative. Really wonderful time and memory. Then our dumb ass Federal gov decided to let China compete with us using essentially slave labor and boom, there went not only the manufacturing jobs but many of the high tech sector as well especially in Minnesota. It has only gotten worse since then. Sad how our gov has done more to screw us over than to protect us.

[@rickmidkiff9990]

I worked for Univac ,Sperry Rand in Utica NY , back in the late 60s

[@reversefulfillment9189]

And Sperry became defunct 8 years later in a hostile takeover by Burroughs corp and renamed Unisys.

[@JW-fq1ec]

I remember hearing my grandfather talking about that when I was a kid.

[@cwwml]

Those systems for banking, airline industry were operational for a very long time

[@patjeukens4458]

Burroughs was way behind Sperry Univc at the time of takeover. I worked in Roseville, MN from 1971 to the mid 1990's. I worked in the building of the computers including giving chips their brains.

[@edwardburek1717]

What a fascinating piece of history. That first piece of background music was used by Channel 9 in Australia for their groundbreaking cricket coverage and Wide World Of Sports. It's virtually Australia's alternative national anthem.

[@lensrc7460]

I parted out an old Sperry voice mail server that was used at TWA headquarters at KCI. It had two massive hard drives with 14 inch discs in them. They must have weighed 50 lbs each! I still have the discs.

[@pcmacd]

I've a magnet from a drive of that cohort that I use to keep all of my ball hex drives. It's awesome for that!

[@farmerdave7965]

I worked for this company in 1978. They are now gone.

[@zambufly1]

I wore Sperry Top Siders...

[@CapstoneTider]

No DEI segments back then.

[@jaminova_1969]

Yeah, equality, what a b*tch. You tell em Bucko!

[@joshhoman]

The way this guy pronounces process makes me think he is Canadian.

[@rickmidkiff9990]

I forgot to mention The building they were in was the old Savage arms

[@J_Calvin_Hobbes]

👍

[@jaminova_1969]

Sperry Corp ceased to exist in 1986.

[@421sap]

In Jesus' Name, Amen ✝️✨