An Introduction to Feedback (1960) – YouTube

[Shared on the American Cybernetics Society email list by Paul Pangaro]

Eames Office

uploaded 18 Oct 2013

The principle of feedback — the cycle by which performance is measured, evaluated against desired results, and corrected for future performance. Made for IBM, Introduction to Feedback was one of a series of films proposed by the Eames Office to explain computers and the principles underlying their operation. Script by Charles Eames Narrated by Vic Perrin, Music by Elmer Bernstein 10 minutes, 40 seconds.

Other videos on this Eames Office YouTube account are well worth a look:

https://www.youtube.com/@eamesoffice/videos