Reel # Title Length Date Copyright Color/B&W Guage Stock Type Silent/Sound Notes
1 No Title 10min unk color b&w spliced to it 16mm prop Kodachrome sound/optical good, buckling at head cu of hands,man at blackboard w/coloredblocks
2 Random IA Scenes 7min unk B&W/color 16mm prob Kodachrome silent hot splices, intermixed B&W and color, spliced base to emulsion, broken perfs people throughout
3 GAS 7min unk B&W 16mm TXR silent good, 2 rolls spliced together "CS# 24078
4 ROBOT, SHRDLU, CHESS (BAISLET) 7min Sept. 1969 B&W and color 16mm Kodachrome &? silent hot splices throughout, mixed B&W and color
5 R. Banks Constructor 4min 1970 B&W 16mm TXR silent hot splices elephant shape
6 Computer ControlledBilateral Manipulator 4min 1959 color 16mm Kodachrome silent color faded to red, chunk missing from edge at tail, hot splices, probably shrunken
7 R#1 "Part Two" Army Photo 7min 1966 B&W 16mm TRX silent good print
8 Logo Stuff w. Bongo Last. 10min 1969 B&W 16mm unk silent good "Bongo Board Last" inner title "Teaching Children Thinking" tail label "MIT Project MAC"
9 Production #3790 Computer as Supertoy" 7min unk color 16mm Kodachrome sound/optical good, broken piece before SMPTE leader
10 Butterfinger Stanford AI 10min unk Stanford color 16mm Ektachrome sound good
11 Channel 5 Special 6min unk WCVB color 16mm unk sound/mag stripe good, hot splices, chunk missing at head, broken perfs man w/beard at Steenbeck, print, "WCVB R.2 Sect.3"
12 Commanding, Teaching a Robot via Tactile Sensors 7min 1952 color 16mm unk silent tape splices, buckled at tail, good Man w/floor device
13 Visual Guidance of a Mobile Robot 8min 1956/1976 color 16mm unk silent faded to red
14 IFIP Dup(e) Robot and Chess 2min 1968 color 16mm Ektachrome silent OK
15 GOSPER AMF Blocks 10min FIND color 16mm Ektachrome silent good "Robot Print" labeled on reel
16 Early Box Pick 2 Straw?? 10min FIND color 16mm Ektachrome silent buckled slightly, faded to blue & red, Reel labeled "MH-1@TX-∅,
17 Solar w(ork) p(rint) scraps 2min 1952/1972 color (check) 16mm unk silent slightly buckled, probable shrunken, hot splices & tape splices No transfer?
18 Turtle, Ocean 3min FIND color 16mm Ektachrome silent?? mold at head Labeled "Off color", blue, print
19 Boy, SP on Bongo BD (Board) 4min unk color 16mm Ektachrome silent camera original, good condition, hot splices, 7241, repaired tape splices
20 Early Robot Cube Stacking 4min unk B&W 16mm TXR silent camera original and print hot spliced
21 Early Robot Cube Stacking 4min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent camera original
22 Boy on Bongo BD unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent camera original
23 Turtle #2 Turtle Drawing 4min unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent quite buckled, camera original
24 Gosper "Groan Worm" 4min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent Buckled at tail, camera original
25 Pornis, Gas, Worm, Ocean samples 8min FIND B&W and color 16mm silent AI Lab Sampler on leader, hot spliced prints
26 Logo Original 10min FIND B&W and color 16mm TXR silent Broken perfs, camera original,many hot splices, tail labeled "proj mac".
27 Winograd-Demonstartion SHRDLU ?? unk B&W 16mm unk silent "M.Beeler"on leader, print, tape & hot splices
28 Solar Corona 6min unk color 16mm unk sound/optical Article in can, slightly buckled at head
29 Logo (T.C.T.) 10min 1969 B&W 16mm unk silent Mold at head removed
30 Solar original scraps & leader 3min unk 16mm unk unk tight wound on core,not processed
31 Assembling a Radial Bearing Print #5 8min unk color 16mm print from ECO silent Broken perfs throughout, tear at head, emulsion scratches, hot spliced
32 Solar work print 8min 1952/1972 color 16mm unk silent hot splices
33 Fire Works 10min Nov. 1970 color 16mm unk silent "Wire Forks" on leader & on film
34 Scraps from Gosper's "Steiner's Porism" & Speciner's "Gas" 5min unk B&W 16mm unk silent Work print scraps hot spliced.
35 No Title 10min unk color 16mm Ektachrome silent Internal title "Teaching Children Thinking"
36 IFIP dupe Animation 5min 1968 color 16mm Ektachrome silent Reel labeled "Math Program Flow Chart" Broken perfs at head, hot splices, print
37 Early Robot 3min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent camera original hot spliced
38 Oculometer Game 3min unk color 16mm Ektachrome silent Camera original
39 Math Lab 3min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent Very dark camera original
40 Wireforks print 10min Nov. 1970 color 16mm Ektachrome silent Tiny emulsion chips off edges, print, buckled at head
41 ETL Robot 15min unk color 16mm unk silent Chinese/Japanese characters as well as English. Faded to red. Bad base scratch down the center. Hot spliced. Rippled at tail
42 Computer Controlled Robot Assembly 10min 26815 color 16mm unk sound (optical) Faded to red. Assembly of automobile alternator at Draper Lab
43 Radial Bearing 7min 1975 color 16mm unk silent Buckled/shrunken. Print #1. "Assembling a Radial Bearing" Blue cast. Base scratches.
44 Gosper's "Amoeba" or "Grow Worm" 4min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent Very dark camera original.
45 Logo display man 1min unk color 16mm unk silent
46 Assembling a Radial Bearing Print #4 10min 1954/1974 color 16mm unk silent Faded to red. Buckled, probably shrunken, torn perfs, hot splices, piece found in can spliced at tail
47 Stanford A.I. Butterfinger 10min unk color 16mm unk sound (optical) "Stanford A. I. Project preents" at head of film
48 Bill Bennett Arm ? Porgs. ESL System by Lang & Polansky look up 1965 B&W 16mm TXR silent Broken perfs at head. Camera Original. Hot splices, one broken.
49 Logo TTY 4min unk color 16mm Ektachrome silent Slightly looks like a stylus writing on a printer.
50 9/71 scraps 7min Sept. 1970 color& B&W 16mm mixed silent Early Vidissector (TVC); chess (Baisley); M-B Arm; PDP-6 console; more chess; line finding; more early TVC; more M-B Arm; Occulometer@NASA. Replaced masking tape splices w/tape splices, broken perfs, edge damage, hot splices, badly chewed up near the middle.
51 Waltz film 3min unk color 16mm unk sound (optical) "Waltz Constraint PROP film" on reel. Buckled/shrunken. Bad damage toward end. Repaired with scotch tape. Not repaired.
52 Solar Corona 7min unk color 16mm unk sound (optical) Slightly buckled.
53 AMF ARM AD 10min 1967 color 16mm Ektachrome sound (optical) "Matt Fanell" printed into head leader. Also "Versatran, A Product of American Machine & Factory Company (AMF). Repaired tear with edge damage about 1/3 in. Commercial film.
54 Pornis Scraps 1min 1963 B&W 16mm TXR silent camera original.
55 #2 (Worm) day 2 2min unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent reel labeled "Logo-Rand, walk?", buckled.
56 Random Shots out window 2min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent Bit overexposed.
57 RWG Robot stack, sort 9min Sept. 1969 color 16mm Ektachrome silent camera original, Faded to red. Hot and tape spliced. Tape splices stretched, making gaps.
58 SHR DLU print 10min unk B&W 16mm TXR silent Print. Good shape.
59 Waltz finger 3min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent
60 Bongo BD, CS + SP 1min unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent
61 Krakauer's CN Tour + random people 3min 1958/1978 B&W 16mm TXR silent Hot spliced camera original.
62 MIT AI Lab Life Flick 20min unk color/B&W 16mm unk silent Color and B&W intercut. Spliced base to emulsion. Base scratches.
63 MIT Computer 5min unk WCVB color 16mm unk sound (optical) WCVB MIT Computer. R2 Sect 3. Faded to red. Man with long beard sitting at Steenbeck. Print.
64 Math Lab 2min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent Very dark. Very little image. Camera original.
65 #2 Day 1 Logo Arrow display 3min unk color 16mm Ektachrome silent Slightly buckled camera original.
66 Turn Off Rug/Boy on Bongo BD 3min unk color 16mm Ektachrome silent Camera original. Buckled.
67 Bobgo BD by Hand 1min unk color 16mm unk silent
68 Lucy Riding M-B Arm 1min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent Hot spliced camera original.
69 #3 day 1 Logo arrow display 2min unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent Slightly buckled camera original.
70 Chess: RG, RWG, etc. 2min unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent Broken perfs at head. Hot spliced camera original. Turquoise numbers. People in this one.
71 Math Lab Moses 2min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent Camera original. Man at printer.
72 #3 slow, etc. Day 2 Log Arrow Display 2min unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent Slightly buckled camera original.
73 Exposed Ektachrome 2min unk 16mm Not processed
74 JLJ original Jay Jaroslav's Intensity Contours of a Photograph; Uses Krakauer's CNTOUR program 4min unk B&W 16mm TXR silent Hot spliced camera original.
75 Winograd's & Banks's cellular automata constructors (elephant, "M.I.T." 8min unk B&W 16mm TXR Work print, excellent shape
76 Gas original Specinor's "Gas" program 8min unk B&W 16mm Prob TXR silent camera original,very slightly buckled
77 Gas WINZB scraps 4min 4/21/71 B&W 16mm TXR silent no splices, camera original
78 Gas WINZA Gas scraps 4min 4/21/71 B&W 16mm TXR silent camera original, no splices
79 Black ###### 16mm
80 A Brief Introduction to the Robots at ETL 6min unk color 16mm unk silent color print, slightly buckled, some scenesfading to red
81 Gas 4 scraps (& losing tacky and chess) 4min 4/16/71 B&W 16mm TXR silent labeled "med good", camera original
82 Gas 5 scraps "pretty good" 4min 4/16/71 B&W 16mm TXR silent camera original
83 Bongo - SP on Bongo Board 3min 1969 B&W 16mm TXR silent "MIT Project MAC" hot splice at head, camera original
84 Logo Turtle Pen 2min 1970 color 16mm EFB/7242 silent
85 Vision Line Finding 10min unk color 16mm 7241 silent man in shot, camera original, spliced
86 "Life" Mike Beeler 30 min 1970 B&W 16mm TXR silent buckled, shrunken
87 Asst Robot Shots print 24 min Sept. 1969 color 16mm 7242 Ektachrome silent See notes*
88 Random Logo shots 12 min 1969 B&W 16mm TXR silent spliced print
89 Robot (NO 340) CBS 24 min 1969 color 16mm Ektachrome silent tail leader labeled "optical ARM', spliced work print, good shape, tape splices - some stretched, broken perfs at end
90 Math Lab 17 min 1966 B&W and color 16mm TXR, Ektachrome silent buckled, spliced B&W & color
91 Math Lab 4min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent good shape, camera original
92 Logo (T.C.T.) Day 1 4min unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent arrow display, 1st title reads "Teaching Children Thunking", slightly buckled
93 Optical Arm 24 min 8/1/67 color 16mm Ektachrome silent spliced work print, stretched tape splices, CBS News 21st Century "Computers MIT",
94 Math Lab 4min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent man at desk lecturing, camera original
95 Boy Bongo Boarding 3min unk B&W 16mm TXR silent buckled
96 Robot 40 min Sept. 1969 color 16mm EFB/7242 silent See notes*
97 "The Eye of the Robot" 20min unk color 16mm unk sound (optical) Matz section removed, lab copy, sub title "Studies in Machine Vision at MIT", large section out at "4" in SMPTE leader, odd smell (not vinegar), shrunken, large chewed up section midway, tape spliced
98 #1 Day 1 Book" 4min unk color 16mm EFB/7242 silent Reel labeled "logo arrow display", camera original, slightly buckled
99 Logo, Stars, Worm 3min 1970 color 16mm Ektachrome silent buckled
100 Log TTY shots 3min 1969 color 16mm Ektachrome silent buckled, TTY machine, faded to red, camera original
101 Logo Polyspi 1min 1969 color 16mm Ektachrome silent camera original scrap
102 Log turtle pen 1min 1970 color 16mm EFB/7242 silent camera original
103 Overexposed cube stack & Krakauer Hand Picture 4min 1966 B&W 16mm TXR silent reel labeled Krakauer's Contour, very overexposed, about halfway in hand is fine
#1 3/4" IC Orienting bkph, box labeled IC Positioning BKPH 60 min tape Won't play
#2 3/4" 1) Look up table 2) Hand Eye Calibration 3) Finding a Donut 4) Picking Up a Donut x 4 17min unk color 3/4" silent Computer screens and live action of arm
#3 3/4" Graphics bkph Won't play
VHS#1 Bertold Horn "Eye of the Robot" 18 min color VHS sound Some lecture, lots of computer animation with v/o, live arms, done under a DOD grant
*#87 Combination 7242 (1969), 7266 (Sept. 1969), 7265 (1969), some fading to red, slug in 7266, stretched tape splices throughout
*#96 Robot original color, 3 rolls of EFB then 7266 (Sept. 1969) which is buckled and shrunken, then 2 rolls 7265 which is faded to red then 2 rolls of 7266 which is shrunken.