16/04/1969
Programme exploring current trends in science and future developments. James Burke visits a futuristic office where the role of a secretary has been usurped by a robot. (1967)
Programme exploring current trends in science and future developments.James Burke becomes an executive in a futuristic office where the role of a secretary has been usurped by an automated robot. Derek Cooper also reports on a new process for manufacturing micro-electronic crystal lights and visits a South Dakota laboratory deep underground where scientists are collecting information about the sun. (1969)
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Office of the Future
Duration: 13:27
Did You Know?
In the report on the underground laboratory, Derek Cooper refers to the final resting place of Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok and other noted cowboys of the Wild West. This is Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota. Many of the more apocryphal legends of the old West came via 'Buffalo Bill' Cody's touring shows, the cast for which included Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok and Annie 'Get Your Gun' Oakley.
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- Wed 16 Apr 1969 18:40
Tomorrow's World Collection
Clips from this programme are available online as part of the Tomorrow's World Collection
