Walter Cronkite hosts Silicon Valley: A One Hundred Year Renaissance

Silicon Valley Historical Association - http://www.SiliconValleyHistorical.org - Walter Cronkite hosts the 1998 documentary, Silicon Valley: A One Hundred Year Renaissance, produced by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association. This fascinating film visually captures the origins and essence of America's hi-tech Shangri-La. More than a history of computing, this program shows how the mecca of computer technology caused a fundamental shift in American society, a transformation similar to the advances which occurred during the Renaissance. Viewers are introduced to the inventors, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs whose visions created the Silicon Valley phenomenon and its limitless consequences for the future. Fred Terman, the founder of Silicon Valley, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard of Hewlett-Packard Company, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer, and Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems are just a few of the pioneers who talk about their contributions on camera. Broadcast on PBS stations nationwide.

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