AV Geeks Lunch 5-14

[Music] [Music] Hey [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hi everybody I'm skip bells hammer of a/v geeks and welcome to our lunchtime screening at last film was bred of Paris and while it was distributed by Encyclopedia Brittanica I think it was probably made by somebody in France who did kind of a piece about how bread is important to French culture but also kind of showing French culture encyclopedia britannica probably licensed it because they could show it in geography classes european history classes french classes to kind of just show the culture but I figured it was a nice easy way to show people eating bread and having lunch and brunch and breakfast and elevenses and etc etc yeah and then that jazz soundtrack was pretty pretty hip so anyways today is Thursday and we have been doing this we're in the middle of our ninth week and I want to give a shout out to Calvin Sexton who is someone who watches us on YouTube and he went ahead and logged all the films that we've shown since the middle of March for these lunchtime screenings and so kudos to him and what I've noticed is there's roughly two hundred and thirty films that we've shown I'm still kind of going through the list I don't we've only duplicated twice that's really great for my brain because the further we go along with this the more likely that I will duplicate showing a film and just because I forgot I showed it already the film we showed twice was in the Golden Rule which was a recently digitized thing so I didn't have it in my normal list and I was like oh I should show this and then I was probably like oh I should show this because I don't remember showing it um anyhow so speaking of where is it come on can't find it oh it's here alright so another person on YouTube who's been following me since the very beginning who's a big fan of what we've been doing has been requesting this for quite a while so here it is don't touch it is a safety film about blasting caps made by the an association that uses explosives which it'll show at the beginning but this is hilarious the acting is so poor in this then there's a whole thing with the production music which is hilarious so anyways here it is don't touch well that's the way we professionals use commercial explosives occasionally blasting caps do get lost they stray or they get stolen and that can create situations like the one I'm asking to watch right now then you'll understand why we pros are really concerned when explosives get into the hands of [Music] [Music] [Music] no fire [Music] no wait I'm not gonna let you go in there well yeah I am you can't go in there it's too dangerous and risky you're imagining things rod that thing I found some kind of gadget to hook up to something no it's not it's a blasting cap it is dangerous don't you remember the poster in school yeah let's wait he may be right I am standing you're probably absent you remember any punches yeah well you know I miss a lot the girls are in class no it's mine I know how to work no but I remember what the poster said you want your hand blown off give you the key hey stop okay telephone the place he did he's weird he reads much has a crazy imagination where's this device your thought might be a blasting cap [Music] [Music] who's that right yes it's a blasting capital X what are you gonna do well I'm gonna put it in this box right can't hurt anyone if it does go off but what about you oh don't worry about me I've been trained to handle explosives that's why the police called me after you call them now gangway phones well okay okay I didn't see that warning poster but either they Jeff yeah well I miss a lot that goes on school [Music] all right let's please hey cool just like on TV hey there's more here Oh relax son those are just dummy blasting caps they don't have any explosive charge we use them for safety education see I work for a company that makes blasting caps and they look just like the ones I've found except they don't look dangerous well if you want to see just how dangerous they are do me a favor and take that line from behind that television set and plug it in the garage for me Thank You offset okay fellas you just keep your eye on that television screen now that's a baseball watch what a blasting cap can do to it here are some of the big and important jobs explosives have done why [ __ ] the foundation for a skyscraper explosives were needed to widen the Panama Canal that's the Grand Coulee job in large electrical production layout and those are some of the blasting caps they used that's a blast on the pit face the Mesabi Range now watch this I want you to see what a blasting cap could do to a human being [Music] well imagine what it might have done if it went off in your hand you know I almost attach that to my radio battery well I probably would have set it off so might improper handling as I told you that's why the message on these posters our industry stands out is very simple don't touch that's what it said on the one at school no I remember but why do you need so many different kinds of plastic caps for different kinds of blasting explosives are a vital tool explosives dug that deep foundation through New York City's solid rock explosives well for example explosives have helped dam a river they built that hydroelectric power generating station explosives deep into waterway between two oceans explosives have done hundreds of fascinating jobs and blasting caps like these are needed to make these explosives work but no one is building a dam or Canara over a hundred million blasting caps are used every year they're used using they're used for all kinds of work we use them some mining quarries row jobs public service works all that sort of thing now people who work with explosives are very carefully trained they're people like me we try to be very precise with ourselves and then the use of all explosives we keep a strict count we try not to lose them but sometimes no matter how hard we try they are misplaced how explosives are stolen sometimes they're just abandoned or tossed away all right we come across them from abandoned miners Shack or prospectors Shack years later years later and they're still dangerous amazing 100 million used each year there are people I can't do it Arnim yeah sure was long ago I really didn't get hurt you sure we're lucky and lucky you still to have a friend like this guy who had a good sense to call the police well mr. wait could I have my poster sure here take one err fellas you take these I'll pack them up in school where the kids can see them and learn what blasting caps look like then if they find one they'll be smart and remember don't touch [Music] so my favorite part of this well--there's there are several things I like about this one is I would love to have a station wagon that had explosives written on all sides the second is the kids he reads too much he's weird he has a big imagination or something like that and then the kid who's like I don't get I don't understand a lot of what's going on at school the production music that when he's actually trying to deactivate or put the blasting caps in the safe they just strung together all these little production music I guess they're called stringers or stingers and they all kind of smoosh it just it's really great and then the fact that the guy drops stuff at Thea at one point and they decided to leave that in really phenomenal and that came with a film another film that I have called tools I believe it's tools for progress explosives and so this was something that was made by this this lobbying organization or this organization of people that make explosives to talk about how important they are and why we have to keep using them so great so this next film is basically how kids save a neighborhood this last one was kids and the one kid saving his friends lives this one is about rats and mosquitoes enjoy it must be the neighbors [Music] [Music] quitting time Friday no more traffic jams no more rush rush rush no more headaches at the office but suddenly all my plans very nice weekend at home were forgotten [Music] hey what you got bill wouldn't you know Pete Granger what a laugh he was having good afternoon mr. Duncan Just My Luck miss Munroe had to see it too I've been meaning to buy a new garbage can but well what would Betty say bill Duncan where have you been I've been waiting all morning for you and I'm so terribly upset you know what's going on outside that garbage cans a mess the Redlegs bolts on it the neighbors Betty says Lindy my parents have been calling me up whoa whoa wait a minute someone's downtown I know can take care of this health department mr. foster please friends of mine Larry foster he was a big football star in college do you work for the health department now Larry bill Duncan hey fella what goes on here some of your people have been nosing around my yard yes bill yes I know well we've got a report right here ready for filing well let's talk about it I'll drop by your place on my way home it's just a reminder that improperly stored garbage provides food for rats flies other disease-carrying music well Larry talked my son Stevie and the Granger boys stood around bug eyed with hero worship valeri coached the kids in the neighborhood in their football league It was as if Johnny Unitas had come to our block well thanks Levi Larry the oh I missed your Foster's here why don't you show me yard our yard was Betty's pride and joy no visitor to our home could escape without first taking the Grand Tour okay any container holding water can produce mosquitoes including a decent tie which carries the germs of dengue and yellow fever from man to man in fact these look like the larvae right now we've already identified some in this neighborhood Betty I guess was having some second thoughts about our invitation especially when Larry spotted some breadcrumbs Betty had put out for the birds if there are any hungry rats around I'll watch out I thought one yesterday Frankie Granger's honest a sunken you're making that up rodents don't recognize boundaries mrs. Duncan they'll invade any neighborhood very willing to tell us a lot more about the biology and habits of rats flies mosquitoes and other threats to public health when suddenly I noticed the two boys taking off as though shot out of a cannon but on one thing Betty and I were agreed if anyone in the neighborhood was helping to breed these pests it must be the neighbors [Music] [Music] Frankie told his dad about the rat but depend on Pete Granger to weasel out of it must be the neighbors next morning I had a talk with Pete Granger about what Stevie had told me you're a fine one to talk bill Duncan if you kept your yard half as clean as mine see those tiny dark Wigner's they're probably disease king mosquitoes they breathe in water it just pull your plug or come your boat Pete oh yeah well at least I don't get red tags on my garbage can if Pete and I didn't exactly see eye-to-eye our boys joined hands that morning in a common cause an expedition along with other kids on the block to survey each boy's yard at the Costello's the tire containing stagnant water a favorite breeding place for domestic mosquitoes ditto for their wading pool at the mulligans food left out for their dog an invitation to insects and rats at the Jacobson's scrap lumber a good hiding place for rats who fed at a nearby garbage can the vacant lot next door with overgrown weeds cluttered with bottles tin cans discarded Auto Parts and appliances each containing stagnant water from yard to yard the boys went gathering new recruits on the way at the Morrisons their septic tank it overflowed now a breeding place for the Culex mosquito that carries the germs of encephalitis or sleeping sickness at the Digby's children's playthings but each also a menace for all of these containers could produce mosquitoes [Music] but when each boy confronted his parents the answer was about the same it must be the neighbors oh darling huh it's the neighbor however there was one yard in which the boys couldn't get Miss Monroe's next door that's Saturday afternoon I saw Larry Foster doing football practice I asked him what the city was doing to keep our neighborhood clean the city provides ordinances and regulations for the guidance of the individual household bill at the health department we put out information for TV radio and the newspapers we also make periodic inspections of the premises then of course the city collects your garbage twice a week - rubbish once a week and disposes of it by sanitary methods now if it weren't for that service any modern city would soon become a shambles but the job of keeping your property free from health hazards is mainly yours bill the good citizens recognizes that fact and does all that he can to safeguard the health of his family and the whole neighborhood as Larry went on to paint a grim picture of the various serious diseases carried from man to man by pests such as mosquitoes rats and flies he had a spellbound audience it wasn't long before our neighbors taking their cue from the youngsters got the message [Music] throughout our neighborhood there was a general cleanup an improvement campaign as for the Duncans we had also learned a lesson I had purchased a new garbage container and each day Betty took pains to drain and wrap our garbage carefully before putting it into the container that said on a new cart I had purchased a protection against rats and prowling dogs no more breadcrumbs in our yard either for Betty had a bird feeder now taking care not to let it overflow but there was still a problem the yard next door is tightly guarded as Fort Knox [Music] for all sorts of water-holding containers something Larry Foster said had burned itself into Betty's mind like most people know that you thought small mosquitoes came from stagnant pools along the creek and on the street but any container holding stagnant water can't produce the yellow fever and other mosquitoes however I didn't count on the resourcefulness of one mrs. bill Duncan for next morning she had Miss Munroe in for coffee soon for the good of Miss Munroe in the whole neighborhood Betty convinced her a certain theme that a birdbath should be scrubbed clean at least once a week but water and pet dishes should be changed daily that water-holding containers should be eliminated wherever possible and that many plants should be grown in earth or sand instead of water miss Monroe's yard our own yard two down and one to go hi Belle Pete Granger a hard enough to crack however when the Granger's invited us over to a weenie roast that Sunday afternoon I found that Pete had also seen the light do a good job sunning careful about those food scraps well congratulations Pete I see you've learned your lesson see here bill Duncan if you kept your yard half as clean as I keep mine and that goes double for you mr. Granger [Laughter] took the kids to wake us up bill it's time we quit passing the buck keeping this neighborhood clean is up to all the folks on this block each and every one of us [Music] you it took the kids to wake us up bill so this is a fascinating film for me because this is really about public health and about people's consideration for other people in what causes public health issues I'm not going to extrapolate for current affairs but it is something that's it's fascinating and has has been a problem and will continue to be a problem because people are people and that's what they do okay so this next film is fascinating because it's filled with celebrities it was made in the 70s early 80s and it's it's a really fascinating film because it's made to talk about hiring physically handicapped and the approach that they take is it's fascinating it's really really quite something and so you'll see lots and lots of celebrities in here including a young Michael Keaton and there's music it's it's really something and it's called a different approach so here we go a different approach I do I have to see these styles boring till the middle of my day how does it look for director of personnel to be late for an employment of the handicapped meeting stupid disorganized and let the proper attitude to be my assistant only reason I keep us because you are death Oh dr. lieblick yeah it's nice to see you I think you know everyone here except Howard Scott Howard this is dr. lieblick hi Howard is the producer of our new film unemployment of the handicapped doctor Liebling is director of personnel at Deutschland Aires I thought it'd be a good idea at this point to get some feedback from a prospective employer Oh okay Harry ready when you are all right everyone here's the moment we've all been waiting for Gerhard letter Oh how long did it take Harry I'm in a hurry you'll thank your lucky stars [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] what's the matter here you can't do that why not 40 seconds into the film you've got the audience by the throat this film is supposed to promote the employment of the handicapped not suppose that they got musical Harry millions and millions of products and ideas of sold using these techniques trust me on this one when I see this in watching they're gonna think I'm nuts well it's in unusual yes it's a very different opening isn't it maybe it'll get better Harry how could it it's time to bring us a musical on government money what's wrong with that entertainment usually gets the point across a hell of a lot better than preaching that look we're just out to encourage the employment of the handicapped by showing them as useful employees is there any money left to reshoot this and to break down barriers of prejudice against the handicapped and finally did you the handicapped better self-image you know to help help them realize its ability to counts and nothing else this film that's all of that maybe we should see more of it Mary oh all right all right Joe stood up I'm going to be known as the man who set the handicap back 20 years I'd like to see how I did it I just hope 60 minutes doesn't hear about this fun you know the word handicapped has got a lot of different meanings but incapable doesn't happen to be one of them see ya there's a lot of people that think that if you can't hear the alarm clock or if you can't walk up a flight of steps or you can't see two fine lines and a blue privets well that means that you're not a normal person then you shouldn't be hired well that is a lot of bull do you think that's all right for him to say bill like that I mean of course there's jobs we can get lots of but the way I look at it is that's what all you not handicapped people are therefore we can't do everything charlie you missed a couple of these you better check them over oh really yeah great okay that's another thing about being handicapped that makes me think I'm just like anybody else nobody's people in this world that have made it was so-called handicaps you got John F Kennedy for example Kareem Jabbar Sammy Davis jr. remember Kennedy's Village People without you don't think a black one on the basketball court no way would he admit that there are ways and what about Paul Williams Mickey Rooney Truman Capote I got friends in wheelchairs that are taller than I did not stop composing music just because he lost his hearing and multiple strokes didn't stop Patricia Nina from going back to work and loss of a leg did not stop Tony fields either that's a good point and talk about handicaps if you were gonna hire yourself a Salesman would you hire Woody Allen or marty Feldman or Peter Falk or for that matter back in the 50s if you were gonna hire yourself a front office receptionist you probably wouldn't even have considered hiring Bette Midler or Barbra Streisand everybody have to be absolutely no no no stop the film this is ridiculous we're insulting famous people why Harry these aren't famous people they're great people all we're saying is they had handicaps to overcome and they did it I think that agree nobody was prejudiced against those people what nobody was prejudiced against Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson where did he come from yes to arms of George I but he was black that was his handicap and he overcame it because of his damn good at his job but he had proven who in the world is Jackie Robinson and the guy up there playing the worker he's just a handicapped person doing his job oh I love that line about not being perfect yes listen you're comparing a situation like an actor saying hey look my face looks like a Mexican dinner aren't I interesting so our guys saying Hey look I'm paralyzed from the waist down give me a job no I'm not what I'm saying is there are all kinds of handicaps we all happen look when I was doing research for this job I discovered that companies employee handicapped people severely handicapped people and they don't even know it people with diabetes epilepsy heart conditions back problems alcoholics and about tardiness absenteeism or just plain goofing off those are the real handicaps that may be more difficult to overcome than any physical limitations hell if you wear glasses you're handicapped I mean we're just learning to accept them do you mean to tell me that wearing glasses is a handicap sure glasses are a tool to help overcome a handicap just like Oh wheelchair is to someone without the use of their legs or a talking calculator or a blinking telephone is for someone who has to overcome blindness or loss of eery right okay okay you've proven the whole world is handicapped where do we go from here I don't know what do you mean you don't know there were just so many ways to go you mean this is all of tell me of God our factory worker and a disabled quiet no there was more I had just there's just so much to say I had a hundred approaches so then the point of view with this film is what potluck sort of I don't believe well thank god we've got some literature to hand out at the end of this picture I wanted to get the best approach so I went to Hollywood I went to New York just to get the best opinions from the top creative people was that in the budget man hmm oh yes it was in the budget yeah they all gave different approaches some good some bad you'll film the good ones now I come from all I can hardly wait I think you should take the advertising approach hi I'm Bob Ridgely here at this supermarket doing a survey to see if people can tell which product was made by a handicapped person oh excuse me man would you do us a big favor please sure would you look carefully at these two products and tell us if you can which one was made by a handicapped person oh yeah you are could be any handicap well I usually can't tell that person blind I mean it doesn't make any difference is no specific handicap well in that case it's it's just one you're positive at this one oh I am sorry hey don't feel bad it's so hard to tell the difference that even experts like you can't do it why not try the on-the-spot film it 11 Eyewitness News approached film at 11:00 10:00 central not seen in the East Canada or Mexico take one mark yes you asked me if I worked with handicapped people I've worked here for about 17 years and I've learned quite a bit from handicapped people and I don't know what the company would do without them they do just as well as anybody else they're tremendous people I worked with some of the handicapped people in the past some of them are very good workers and some are not quite so good he lost a leg and later they had another operation they had to amputate the other Lake but he was very versatile on his wheelchair I worked with deaf people and from all appearances they did a fantastic job we had a special drafting board for him and he was a real asset he can do work with one hand that some guys can't do with two hands he does it damn good job at it yes I did work with the handicapped fella he was black and he was in a wheelchair and he sat right next to me he was an engineer and the only difference it was that they have to lower the drafting table other than that he was very very good in fact he was so good he quit Lockheed he went into business for himself there's an architect and that was the last I saw of him I work with handicaps I work my boss he's an idiot I've been asked this question a million times and I've always said why not take the success story approach I started tried electronics four years ago in a double garage with a $400 investment last year we achieved sales of 3.6 million dollars with a warranty return rate of less than 2% which is much better than the national average of industries who hire so-called able-bodied employees in my view handicapped workers represent the most underutilized and precious resource in American industry today that's why 90% of our employees are handicapped they make terrific workers and they're great for business I think you should use the old turn the tables approach that's what I think [Music] that's wonderful so true [Music] how the other half lives [Music] why don't you use the thrill of victory of crunch oh alright do you want my opinion I think the film should take the handicap doing their own thing approach three touch quarter always running around girl new bit of Sodom negative [ __ ] wait handicapped here what's the point there behind that's incredible really shows that true capacity is now that tells it how it is the best way is the direct straightforward approach hi friends sit pal come again for sit bellicose handicapped city and you know down deep in my heart I want to send you one of these terrific handicapped workers today like every day it's a gigantic sale day here at handicapped City every day I'm getting a new stock and that means that every day it's a good day for you wanna come on down and pick out a top of the line for the guarantees we condition bottle with your choice just come right on down and ask for me sit pal Co we've got them all here at handicapped City where the largest handicap dealership west of Chicago and that means we've got whatever you need we've got typists lawyers accountants orders package administrators mechanics you name it and I've got it and friends in this day of inflation here's something that won't go up the insurance rates do not go up when you hire a handicapped worker stop anywhere and compare but just letting me talk to you I'll give you a five thousand Buffalo Chip stamps absolutely free why you just can't beat the deals I've got for you here it handicaps I don't believe I got it baby why not try the understanding unprejudiced approach hey Lao what's new oh I hear they're hiring some handicapped people in design department oh no how do you know that you know they're cutting down the legs under Japanese evils for the wheelchairs next it'll be the telephones and the toilets yeah I know I suppose there isn't anything we can do I guess we'll just have to give him a chance and see how they work out I guess so well - come on I'll buy you up here okay no no that's enough I can't take any more stop stop it Howard do you really think that this stuff represents handicapped people not all of it but see that's one of the problems handicapped people have no representation you take television for example every hero every heroine but all-american types is not one simple indeed and what about all those precautious little brats who tell you what to buy oh no I think it's about time America started to experiment with real people which only leads to one conclusion the media the advertisers they don't consider the handicapped wage earners or important consumers we're talking about 28 million adults and 8 million children in this country alone so why you're laughing at some of the things in this film you're focusing on some of the positive things about the handicapped I like that I think it shows that if you give a handicapped person a chance they can usually do it some can maybe most help we're all just an accident away from the handicapped every minute of the day and that will not be our slogan for next year I think the film book Terry okay we'll go with it at least it has some traditional moments in it make prints and release it we'll keep our fingers crossed Harry you won't regret all right open eye if it works you've done a good job Howard and if it doesn't well maybe we can sell it to Saturday Night Live or the gong show so anymore for us to see ah just the closing credits all the ending you'll love the ending it's far out all right well we don't need you anymore Howard we're gonna look at that ending and then we'll have our meeting well Harry I really think I should probably stick around here I don't know we're running late so thank you very much all right thank you okay hi yeah yeah all right let's see that ending [Music] where is it got it back here he can't end it like this Oh does anyone have an aspirin [Music] did you look at all the closing credits did we pay all of those people just a few of them the damn credits are longer than the picture which one was Norman Lea majors were supposed to be in this film he said he was too tired I can understand that do you think Howard has relatives in this picture say do you know of any of these people are handicapped hired Eddie white was cancelled I just hope they've done something here to encourage employment of the handicapped Howard is right Harry there are a lot of ways to go about it this is a different approach good but I just hope Washington agrees there are ways [Music] what a phenomenal film that that was very 19 1978 though I don't know if you noticed Michael Keaton young Michael Keaton who was who's wearing a Darth Vader live shirt and Vader was spelt wrong it was spelled ba da are so so really amazing and kind of captures this sentiment which was like hey you know here's a group of people that are able to work and want to work so it's interesting I have other films that are about hiring the handicapped of both physical and mentally mental handicaps and they tend to be very serious and solemn and this one truly is a different approach and it kind of I think it breaks down some of the awkwardness that's it's pretty great um I have quite a few films to show this next one is it's made by the Ames's Charles and Ray Eames and they were designers who made chairs made chairs and all sorts of industrial design things that sell for a lot of money they also were filmmakers and they did several things for IBM they did several things for a variety of different clients they're probably most well known for powers of 10 which is an amazing film about that explains levels of basically it starts with somebody on a picnic blanket and it zooms out and then it zooms in so zooms out to the universe and zooms into some sort of Microverse it's really quite fascinating but anyways this is a film called communications primer [Music] communication from the Latin community Oh one act or fact of communicating as communication of smallpox of a secret of power to get the cause by words in the broadest aspects of communication much work has recently been done to clarify theories and make them workable the era we are entering might well be characterized as an era of communication this film will touch in the most elementary way some aspects of the subject that are of daily concern to all of us here is Claude Shannon's diagram almost any communication process can be schematically represented the information source selects the desired message out of a set of possible messages the transmitter changes the message into the signal which is sent over the communications channel to the receiver where it is decoded back into the message and delivered to the destination every such system contains noise noise is a term used in the communications field to designate any outside force which acts on the transmitted signal to vary it from the original in this usage noise does not necessarily mean sound reading is a form of communication where the word is the signal the printed page the transmitter light the channel the eye the receiver hear sound can act as noise and interfere with the message but in some situations like reading on a train where the sound level is normally high it is not the sound that it appears with the communication process as much as the motion and the unpredictable quality of the light source quality of light and motion then becomes noise in radio noise could be static and television noise is often the distortion of the picture through transmitting or receiving in a typewritten message the noise source could be in the quality of the ribbon are the keys and we are all familiar with the carbon copies that keep getting progressively worse if anything acts on the signal so as to bury it in an unpredictable and undesirable way in the communication system it is noise we can consider telegraphy in terms of this same diagram we will use in New York stockbrokers office as the information source and a Los Angeles stockbrokers office as the destination there may exist at the information source just two possible messages buy or sell from these two the message cell is selected then coded by the telegraphic key which is the transmitter and sent over the channel in electrical impulse signals decoded by the receiver back into the message cell and delivered to the destination noise of course is there this time acting electrically good to start the signal in such a way as to change cell into self but as there are only two possible messages by and cell there is sufficient redundancy in the spelling of the words that even if it did read self the information would still be clear naturally this example has nothing to do with the stockbrokers office of today because of all organized communication market information is perhaps the most efficiently handled the New York information enters a signal channel in this form and is automatically decoded in Los Angeles in this form but even here we find redundancy counteracting noise the English language is about 1/2 redundant this extra framework helps prevent distortion of the message in the written language or in the spoken language in speech the brain is usually the information source from get the message is selected the message is a thought not the words the vocal mechanism codes the words into vibrations and transmits them as sound across the communications channel which is of course the air the sound of the word is the signal the ear picks up the signal and with The Associated eighth nerve decodes the signal and delivers the message to the destination this time noise could originate in the transmitter or in sound vibrations that disturb the channel or it could be a nervous condition on the part of the receiver and it could change the message from I love you too I hate you how do you combat it one way is through redundancy I love you I love you I love you I love you another is increasing the power of the transmitter this combats noise as does the careful beaming of the signal our duplicating of the message via other signals indicate information must also be a choice of other messages because if the information source were so loaded with feelings of love as to be incapable of any other thought then surely by the time the words I love you were spoken no information was communicated at all no information yet previous experiences could make those three words convey great meaning source message transmitter channel message destination you could imagine the message being music and the transmitted signal being tone or it could be applied equally well to writing or to smoke signals or to hand signals but let's take painting as another example of a signal transmitting a coded message [Music] information source mind and experience of painter message his concept of a particular painting transmitter his talent and technique signal the painting itself receiver all the eyes and nervous systems and previous conditionings of those who see the painting destination their minds their emotions their experience now in this case the noise that tends to disrupt the signal can take many forms it can be the quality of the light or the color of the light or the prejudices of the viewer or the idiosyncrasies of the painter but besides noise there are other factors which can keep the information from reaching its destination intact the background and conditioning of the receiving apparatus may so differ from that of the transmitter but it may be impossible for the receiver to pick up the signals without distortion in any communication system the receiver must be able to decode something of what the transmitter coded or no information gets to the destination at all if you speak Chinese to me I must know Chinese to understand your words but even without knowing the Chinese language I can understand much of your feelings through other codes we have in common there are systems of communication where there is no redundancy and no duplication of the message here knowledge of the code is essential in planning one if by land two if by sea the fellow on the opposite shore simply had to know the code but there are also many examples of times when the message has been conceived and the signal sent long in advance of understanding or acceptance of the code employed in the case of Galileo or Socrates it did not in time matter but the receivers of their time were not tuned to receive their signal the ultimate transmission of such a message represents communication of a very complex order other high-level communication occurs in very different areas a wave breaking on a beach brings a world of information about events far out at sea can tell of winds and storms the distance and the intensity that can locate reefs and islands and many things if you know the cold [Music] [Music] when we watch them turning and wheeling how often have we wondered what holds such birds together in their flight communication is that which links any organism together it is communication that keeps a society together and though these people seem unaware of each other's existence neither looking nor speaking one group meets and filters through the other with hardly two individuals coming in contact so constant is the flow of information and so complex the web of communication that keeps them apart and holds them together the symbol the abstracting of an idea communication at once anonymous and personal personal because of the countless individuals that created its farm each one who in his turn added something good or who took something bad away anonymous because of the numbers of individuals involved and because of their consistent attitude these are examples of communication of an idea through symbols but there can also be communication through symbols to an idea as in the burnt offering or in the flame of the candle [Music] the use of flame as a transmitter in the communications channel is probably as old as man's first fire it stands for all the wonder and mystery of forces beyond men's knowledge the storm warning flags are part of a long evolutionary tradition of signals but their beginnings for probably in basic reactions to color and form basic enough to make their communications carry beyond the barriers of language and custom [Music] but symbols also change and evolve some methods of transmitting messages rapidly become symbols then pass into obscurity to become readable only to the anthropologist while other symbols of communication remain the message being transmitted here may be unlimited at the range and the subtlety of its ideas yet the method and the signal are such that they must be fed to the transmitter in a series of positive decisions the system calls for the key to be either up or down the code calls for a dot or a day the current flows it ceases to flow it flows it is black or white it is stop or go on or off one or none go or no go or black or white as in this small area from a halftone reproduction in a magazine the press that printed it is capable of printing but one color of ink at a time in this case black ink on white paper in order to transmit the image it had to be broken down to many points of decision black or white we know that such a limitation is not at all restricting if enough decisions are made in this case half a million decided points give fair rendition a million would be better conventional printing of color is no different except that with the added factor of color four times the number of decisions had to be made one set in yellow one in red in blue and in black whenever added factors in a problem are recognized the number of decisions necessary for the solution grows by large leaps as theories and equipment and men develop it becomes apparent one sure way of handling multiple factors is to build a system that can handle each decision in its time men have long known the theory on which complex problems of many factors can be solved but the number of decisions the calculations necessary were four digits and not until the recent development of the electronic calculator could these areas be touched the problem became one of communication between man and machine between machine and machine between machine and man the cards are punched or not punched light passes or stops and by this binary system information is fed the machine in a moment we will hear sounds which are an actual product of a huge calculator the frequencies are made audible to check its functioning and in a way feel it's pulse here it is [Music] the ability of these machines to store information manipulate sort and deliver it is fantastic and with their complex feedback systems their memories they're almost human reactions to situations it is understandable that they are popularly referred to as brains the greatest fallacy in the comparison is one of degree the decisions made by the machines are comparable in number to the half-million in this halftone but far greater is the number of stops and goals performed by the human nervous system in order to complete the simplest act so great that if each decision were represented by a small halftone dot the total area of dots would cover several earths such as the magnitude we reach when a number like a half million is raised to the fourth power as flowing as the human movements may seem they are actually the product of these countless yes no decisions communicated with great speed to and from all parts of the body the channel is the nervous system each nerve is made up of hundreds of fibers the decision is the impulse of a single nerve fiber an all-out event a triggered process which is set off like an explosion and the stimulus exceeds the ignition point the dot and a half tone the hole in the tape Beach is a separate fire no fire signal but together they add up to a smooth sometimes incredibly complex action that often seems more vague than decisive yet many things would be except as undecided vagaries would be if we could bring our focus in sharp decisive individual units it is the responsibility of selecting and relating parts that makes possible a whole which itself has unity [Music] the line on which each color breaks and the point at which each dot that makes up this painting is placed affects the whole canvas the communication of the total message contains the responsibility of innumerable decisions made again and again always checking with a total concept through a constant feedback system these elements of a communication system act together as one great tool and though the tool may perform a most complex task it can never relieve the man of his responsibilities no matter where it occurs no matter what the technique communication means the responsibility of decisions all the way down the line [Music] okay it seems like there was some confusion with the film that weren't clear on some points so we'll just watch it one more time and this time I just you know let it let it sink into your brain which is now probably mush so sorry yeah 1953 we had different attention spans back then I think that they made it for IBM that's my my take on this but since your brains are mush I want you to think about this next thing it's gonna be short but early television there was a big demand for content and especially animation animation takes time and money so this production company figured out a way to to make it cheaper this is Clutch Cargo flying out of control come on spinner give me a hand you all right miss Suzie yes thank you clutch I'm fine I'm glad you're alright this who is he but why did you fly it I just couldn't wait any longer hi and everything would have been alright somebody loosened the connection in this engine that's what it looks like to me spinner damage isn't too bad though we could repair it if we can we can demonstrate the arrow but then hi and I will get the bus franchise for Middletown otherwise those smart brothers will continue you isn't their smoggy buzzes well come on let's get her down and start repairs we've got to meet tomorrow's deadline at the City Council [Music] looks like you've had some trouble say weren't you our bus driver oh we know all that was my brother Tom I'll help you get that machine untangled from the tree be careful don't damage it anymore I'll be careful tied to a lot of this work [Music] what oh no and we were too short to the mayor's committee tomorrow morning at ten o'clock we'll never make it now I guess I better get out of here [Music] oh my gosh watch out those guys are nothing but trouble I'm Tom smog this is Harry looks like trouble you were the bus driver why'd you abandon us coming down that hill sorry about that friend a big bump threw me clear out of my raincoat new hat through the rear window no way to warn you we was almost killed not sure I hit with an awful joke I'll be glad to haul that junk away for two bucks junk that plane represents three years of hard work you smart brothers seemed to bring us nothing but bad luck Joey you'll gladly stick around and help you put it together right Harry well no I don't know forget it I have a feeling we'll do much better without your help I'll take my bus back now I certainly wouldn't want their help I don't trust those small brothers those smart brothers seem to be in everything junk business wrecking business business and maybe even monkey business let's roll up our sleeves folks got until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to get this flying bus into the air again and they repair the aero bus in time to meet the deadline be sure to tune in for the next exciting episode we've berth [Music] Wow Wow and we have one episode and I can't remember where I got it I think it was eBay but our friend is one of the voices how Smit how smith who was the coin person who was the weird space vampire bat and has been doing narration for many educational films we have how Smith of course Otis the drunk on the indy Griffith Show that dude just keeps showing up man I love him absolutely I wish he was still alive I would have a whole how Smith's show and try to have him come in so thanks so much for tuning in today tomorrow we will be showing you more films at one o'clock and then also at 6 o'clock we'll be doing a special screening with an expert of hunt library and we're going to be talking about plastics and showing two films from plastics including one that I have shown as our lunchtime thing but also a new one that you guys have not seen if you like what you saw av geeks comm has lots and lots and lots of stuff in patreon is a place to donate thanks so much for tuning in and for your comments thanks again to Calvin for documenting what we're doing so that I can make sure that I'm not duplicating my efforts in the future and have a good rest of the Thursday take care