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Men and Automation
195829 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Donald Fraser
Production: David Bairstow
What has been the effect of automation to date and what has been learned during the course of its use? Dr. Eugene Forsey of the Canadian Labour Congress voices labour's concern over the displacement of men by machines; J. Herbert Smith of the Canadian General Electric Company holds out a more optimistic view, pointing to the new opportunities that automation can bring.
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Subject categories
- Technology > AutomationTechnology and Society
- Work and Labour Relations > Automation and Technological Change
Credits
- director
- Donald Fraser
- producer
- David Bairstow
- photography
- John Foster
- sound
- Michel Belaieff
- editing
- Stephen Timar
- sound editing
- Victor Merrill