The Mighty Micro - 1: The Coming of the Microprocessor.
Like the industrial revolution, the computer revolution and the micro chip will dramatically change the face of western society. This programme covers the importance of numbers and counting, the philosophical origins that paved the way for computers, mechanical precursors to modern computers, and the move from the valve to the transistor which could be shrunk and placed on tiny silicon chips, thus allowing computers to be faster and cheaper to produce.
Includes archival footage of various historical events