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This is a 1980’s era, color movie called THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION was presented as a public service by the Johnstown Tribune Democrat and distributed by “Your school authorities”. The movie opens with footage of a printing press. The film is about the Information Revolution, :55. Glen Penniston shows a piece of silica (a microchip) and discusses how this small item is changing our lives. At 1:49 a child uses what appears to be an Atari 800 8-bit home computer to play a video game. A rocket blasts off, 1:55. President John F. Kennedy visits West Berlin – the event is the first to be transmitted via satellite from Europe to America. Parade footage, West Berlin 2:08. Camera atop police car chases another car down the highway, 2:47. Police chases stolen car down winding road, 3:14. Travel writer speaks on the phone in front of a fire; he works from home using a computer, 3:38. 1980 Olympic sports are shown on a television, 4:00. Olympic hockey game is featured, and a goal is scored, 4:28. Glen Penniston discusses microcomputing, 4:44. At 4:46 early LED and LCD displays are shown in radio dials, microwave displays and calculator displays. Airport footage, 5:27. Air traffic controllers using computers to track planes, 5:57. Woman editing data on a computer terminal, 6:28. Physician in Paris looks over an X-ray and examines a young boy, 6:47. Physician uses computer to analyze her diagnosis, 7:02. Child uses a toy computer, probably a Speak and Spell, 7:40. Boy delivers a copy of the Johnstown Tribune Democrat to a lady in front of her home, 8:22. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
