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Sunday, February 21, 2021
CONTEXT: Remington Rand Electric Typewriter Sales Demonstration
The description of this film on YouTube says it dates from the late 1940s, but that can't be right since the salesman's pitch begins by linking the technology of the electric typewriter to the Remington Rand Univac I computer installed at the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau did not place its order for the Univac computer until March, 1951, and the computer was not delivered until December, 1952. So, it's probably from the early 1950s.
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15:06
CONTINUITY: How Strong Is a Giant Solid Glass Ball?
Don't try this—anywhere!
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13:35
THE HAPPENING WORLD: United Flight 328—What You Don’t Want to See out Your Passenger Window
Shortly after departure from Denver airport bound for Honolulu, a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 suffered a catastrophic failure of the right engine as photographed by a passenger above. Here is a quick look analysis by Juan Browne, including dash-cam video of the failure as it happened, video and pictures of debris falling to and on the ground, air traffic communications during the emergency, and video of the landing back at Denver.
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11:59