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Day to Day Communications at CERN in 1974

February 14th, 2008 · or link to (permalink)

Day to Day communications at CERN in 1974, what a wonderfully prescient title for a short film about a place that would permanently change global, day to day communications, a decade and a half later, when the Web was invented there.

I love this film. it perfectly represents a time and place. The opening sequence with Cat Stevens and time bleached, aerial footage of Geneva makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.

tags: nostalgia science society

2 responses so far »

  • pusilanonymous : Feb 15, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    What the hell did I just watch? I thought I knew dry humor. This has ‘Look Around You’ beat, hands down.

    Also:
    Just imagine if someone at CERN could invent a way to share all of that research and technical documentation between the various computers on the site. It could change the way the world communicates.

    -r

  • cjris : Mar 2, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    I second the comment about the neck hairs! Most of my dreams are daft, but occasionally, once a year maybe, I have one like the start of this film.

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