INTELLIGENCE DATA TRANSLATION Part 5

Description

Summary: Documentary coverage of the present and advanced methods used to automatically translate Russian language into English. The procedure for the present method is for the desired information to be typed out in Russian and automatically converted to punched tape and fed into a photoscopic Russian-English dictionary. The translation is in the form of punched tape which is run through a high speed tape reader and typed out on a flexowriter. For the advanced method the information is typed out in Russian, and the pages run through an optico-electronic automatic print reader which scans an entire line at a time. The data is fed to the photoscopic dictionary and the translated information reproduced on an electro-mechanical high speed automatic typing machine capable of typing a complete line at a time. (Shot list to follow.) 1) USAF translator MARK-1. 2) Scenes of the magnetification and representation of binary character track on glass disc of Russian-English automatic dictionary. 3) Shows the installation of the glass disc on the automatic language translator. 4) Scenes of a stack of typed pages being inserted into automatic print reader. 5) Scenes showing the information output from the automatic dictionary feeding out in the form of punched tape. 6) The punched tape being run through high speed tape reader on flexowriter. 7) Scenes of the line scanner of the automatic print reading machine in operation. 8) Printed information feeding from the automatic high speed typer on a continuous sheet of paper. 9) Article from Russian newspaper "Pravda" being typed in Russian. 10) CU's of the panels and circulatory system of some of the equipment. Good (Basic: Koda print)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities