"Catalog" (1961) by John Whitney

"Catalog" (1961) is essentially Whitney's demo reel, and he did not consider it a film in itself. Though the graphics seem computer-generated, Whitnet began his work on an analog machine of his won devising, the Motion-Control Animation device (patented 1967). This was created from a WWI Anti-Aircraft gun (!) that Whitney had bought for less than 1% of its original cost.

Music is an excerpt from "Electric Etudes for Cello and Computer Generated Sounds", composed and performed by Tod Machover. Computer tape realised at IRCAM, Paris.