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JOHN VON NEUMANN WAS A HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN, PHYSICIST, COMPUTER SCIENTIST AND POLYMATH. HE MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A NUMBER OF FIELDS, INCLUDING MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, ECONOMICS, COMPUTING AND STATISTICS.
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CAMERA ZOOMS OUT FROM STILL OF AMRAM NOWAK WITH COLLEAGUES
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TITLE CARD: "JOHN VON NEUMANN" FADES TO MICROSCOPIC IMAGE, LOOKS LIKE GALAXY, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT AUDIO OF VAN NEUMANN SPEAKING ON SCHOLARLY SUBJECT
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TITLE CARD: PRODUCED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LECTURES PROECT...MATHMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, EERIE MUSIC PLAYS
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CAMERA ZOOMS OUT FROM EYE OF SUBJECT, JOHN VON NEUMANN
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CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON VARIOUS STILLS OF VON NEUMANN
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CU OF PAGES OF GERMAN TECHNICAL WRITINGS, HYPOTHESES, MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS, CAMERA ZOOMS IN AND OUT
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ZOOM IN ON BOOK "THEORY OF GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR"
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MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS AND DIAGRAMS, TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS,
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COVER OF JOHN VON NEUMANN'S BOOK "COMPUTER AND THE BRAIN"
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STILLS OF VAN NEUMANN
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NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE, VON NEUMANN WINS FERMI AWARD
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VON NEUMANN WITH EISENHOWER, RECEIVING THE FREEDOM MEDAL
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VARIOUS STILLS OF VON NEUMANN, AUDIO CLIPS OF FRIEND'S REMINISCENCES, MANY SMILING WITH FRIENDS
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STILL TURNS TO ONLY FILM CLIP OF VON NEUMANN FROM A TV SHOW, "YOUTH WANTS TO KNOW" HE TAKES QUESTIONS FROM YOUNG TEENS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING
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TV SHOW HOST AND VON NEUMANN LOOK AT VARIOUS TOOLS AND GADGETS, TEENS FOLLOW THEM AROUND EXHIBITS
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STILL VON NEUMANN AS A TEEN
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FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE STANISLAW ULAM COMMENTS ON VON NEUMANN, SITS AT ROLL TOP DESK AND FIDDLES WITH PENCIL, DISCUSSES VON NEUMANN'S GROWTH AS A BRILLIANT MIND AND HIS WORK
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STILL OF SUNRISE OVER BUDAPEST HUNGARY, VARIOUS STILLS OF THE CITY
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STILLS OF SCIENTISTS, EUGENE WIGNER, EDWARD TELLER, THEODORE VAN CARMA, LEO SZILARD
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STILLS OF VON NEUMANN AS AT BOY, FATHER, MOTHER, FAMILY PHOTOS, WITH COUSINS, AT THE BEACH
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STILLS OF COLLEGES IN ZURICH AND BUDAPEST
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STILL OF MENTOR
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UNIVERSITY AT BERLIN, STILL OF VON NEUMANN
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STILL OF FRIEND EUGENE WIGNER, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
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EUGENE WIGNER TALKS ABOUT HIS COLLEAGUE JOHN VON NEUMANN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHYSIC, CUT TO COVER OF HIS BOOK ON QUANTUM PHYSICS
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STILL OF NAZIS ON PARADE WITH FLAG
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STILL OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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STILL OF VON NEUMANN'S WIFE AND CHILD, MARINA
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STILLS OF VON NEUMANN AND SECOND WIFE CLARA DONN
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STILL OF ALBERT EINSTEIN
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POV MOVING CAR ON GROUNDS OF IVY LEAGUE PRINCETON
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VON NEUMANN'S HOUSE IN PRINCETON AT NIGHT WITH LIGHTS GLOWING IN THE WINDOWS
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STILLS OF PHYSICISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS AND THEIR WIVES
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OSKAR MORGENSTERN AUDIO CLIP OF MEMORIES OR EINSTEIN AND PARTIES AT VON NEUMANN'S HOUSE, MANY STILLS OF PARTY GOERS, WEARING SILLY HATS
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STILL OF VON NEUMANN
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PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HELMUT? TALKS ABOUT HIS MEMORIES OF VON NEUMANN AND OBSERVATIONS, EXPLAINS DIFFICULT THEORY OF AVERAGES LIKE ADDING CREAM TO A CUP OF COFFEE, DRAWS ON CHALK BOARD, MEAN ERHODIC THEOREM
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OSKAR MORGENSTERN TALKS ABOUT HIS WORK WITH VON NEUMANN
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EXT OF NASSAU CLUB, INTERIOR OF CLUB'SDINING ROOM, BLACK WAITER SERVES BLACK COFFEE
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WAVES AT BEACH, POV WALKING ALONG BOARDWALK, JERSEY SHORE?
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OSKAR MORGENSTERN TALKS ABOUT VON NEUMANN'S BROAD INTEREST, CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON BOOK, "THEORY OF GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
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BOOK SPINE AND PAGES, THEORY OF GAMES
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STILLS OF TRAIN TRACKS AND BUILDINGS OUT WEST, LAS ALAMOS, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, MANY BRILLIANT SCIENTISTS SOCIALIZING AND AT WORK
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER HANS BETHE AT WORK IN CLASSROOM, TALKS ABOUT HIS MEMORIES OF VON NEUMANN AND WORKING WITH URANIUM IN 1943, DIFFERENT THEORIES OF IMPLOSION, MENTIONS NAGASAKI
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STILLS AND VIDEO CLIPS OF THE WEST, LAS ALAMOS, PLAYING TENNIS, ON A MULE TRIP, WITH FELLOW SCIENTISTS
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DR. HERMAN GOLDSTINE VISITS THE ORIGINAL PRINCETON COMPUTER IN A WAREHOUSE AT THE SMITHSONIAN IN 1966, FEMALE DOCTOR ESCORTS HIM, AUDIO CLIP OF DR. GOLDSTEIN TALKING ABOUT VON NEUMANN, THEY UNVEIL GIANT COMPUTER
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VARIOUS PANS AND CLOSE UPS OF THE PRINCETON COMPUTER, DR. HERMAN GOLDSTINE DISCUSSES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPUTER, MEMORIES ABOUT VON NEUMANN,
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CU OF 1960 COMPUTERS AT WORK, LEVERS, REELS, SPINNING GEARS, PUNCH CARDS
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VON NEUMANN'S PICTURE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, ARTICLE ABOUT H-BOMB, JULY 4, 1954
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STILLS OF VON NEUMANN WITH THE MILTARY AND GOVERNMENT
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FRIENDS OF VON NEUMANN TALK ABOUT HOW HE WORKED TOO HARD, SPREAD HIMSELF TOO THIN, VERY PATRIOTIC,
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STILL OF VON NEUMANN, BEING APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
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CHAIRMAN OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, ADMIRAL LEWIS STRAUSS TALKS ABOUT VON NEUMANN GETTING SICK WITH CANCER, CUTS TO WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER EXT AND BEDS, INTERIORS
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STILL OF VON NEUMANN
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PAN OF AUTOMATA MACHINE, ILLUSTRATION OF THE BRAIN
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MONTAGE OF HUGE ROOM SIZE COMPUTERS, FLASHING LIGHTS, INDICATIORS, LEVERS
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ANIMATION WITH TILES TO REPRESENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINES THAT REPRODUCE THEMSELVES WITH INCREASING COMPLEXITIES
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BOOK BY JOHN VON NEUMANN, "THE COMPUTER AND THE BRAIN"
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STILL OF VON NEUMANN
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PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HELMUT ?,DESCRIBES ALL OF JOHN VON NEUMANN'S MANY TALENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, SAYS HE SPREAD HIS TALENT TOO THIN BECAUSE OF HIS MANY INTERESTS
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HERMAN GOLDSTINE TALKS ABOUT VON NEUMANN'S MANY INTERESTS TO USE THE TOOLS OF MATHEMATICS, SUMMARIZED HIS CONTRIBUTIONS
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EDWARD TELLER DISCUSSES HIS FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE JONH VON NEUMANN, SITTING CRAFTSMAN STYLE CHAIR, SUSPECTS VON NEUMANN ENJOYED THINKING ABOVE ALL, TALKS ABOUT HOW HIS BRAIN WAS EFFECTED BY THE CANCER THAT KILLED HIM
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EERIE 1960S MUSIC, CREDITS
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COPYRIGHT INFO
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