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This clip is about the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, an early computing device that could not be programmed.The clip opens on a shot of a prototype of a digital computer. MCU of a man, Dr. Sam Legvold, speaking about the Atanasoff-Berry Computer. Still of John Mockley, then cut to a man’s hand showing vacuum tubes, a component of the prototype. Still of a newspaper clipping, then still photograph of Iowa State College. CUs of file cabinet and files, then of paper being loaded into a typewriter. CU of fingers typing on the typewriter. More shots of papers being filed and of newspapers. A file drawer is pushed closed. Cut to a CU of the US Navy Distinguished Service Award, a medal won by Atanassoff during World War II for his innovative military technologies. Still of his home being built using tilt-up construction (conceived by him), then shot of man (presumably Atanasoff) using a garden tractor on a field.