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This film shows some of the changes that electronics is making to one area of society that affects us all - money transfer. For the first time, cameras were allowed into the British Banks Central A...utomated Clearing Services (BACS) and the clearing house of a major UK bank. The basic principles behind cash dispensers are used as a valuable introduction to the increased facilities that microprocessors can give to machinery. The film concludes with three short sequences of new technology in stores: bar-code readers, automated credit-card clearing, and the fully electronic funds transfer terminal - where no cash or paperwork is required. The music soundtrack includes original compositions performed by the Manchester Saxophone Quartet. Point of sale terminals are discussed in block 2 of the T101 texts. The teaching role of this film is to present students with a production designed to affect their attitudes to such machinery. As such it is designed to contrast in approach with TV06 of this course. Radio 05 continue s the substantive discussion of pros and cons of point of sale terminals.
This film shows some of the changes that electronics is making to one area of society that affects us all - money transfer. For the first time, cameras were allowed into the British Banks Central A...utomated Clearing Services (BACS) and the clearing house of a major UK bank. The basic principles behind cash dispensers are used as a valuable introduction to the increased facilities that microprocessors can give to machinery. The film concludes with three short sequences of new technology in stores: bar-code readers, automated credit-card clearing, and the fully electronic funds transfer terminal - where no cash or paperwork is required. The music soundtrack includes original compositions performed by the Manchester Saxophone Quartet. Point of sale terminals are discussed in block 2 of the T101 texts. The teaching role of this film is to present students with a production designed to affect their attitudes to such machinery. As such it is designed to contrast in approach with TV06 of this course. Radio 05 continue s the substantive discussion of pros and cons of point of sale terminals.
| Module code and title: | T101, Living with technology: a foundation course |
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| Item code: | T101; 05; 1982 |
| First transmission date: | 24-04-1982 |
| Published: | 1982 |
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| Duration: | 00:22:16 |
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| Producer: | Philip Ashby |
| Contributors: | Margaret Howard; John Naughton |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Cashless society; Cheques; Money |
| Master spool number: | HOU4045 |
| Production number: | FOUT131L |
| Videofinder number: | 2750 |
| Available to public: | no |
