Missile Named Mac, A

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Summary: A Missile Named Mac is an animated Bell Telephone Laboratories film that explains how modern electronics guide an intercontinental ballistic missile to its target. Told from the point of view of the missile, “Mac,” the film describes how radar, ground-based computers, guidance systems, course corrections, and speed adjustments work together during flight. Using cartoon narration and simplified technical visuals, it presents the complex process of missile guidance as understandable, orderly, and efficient. The film reflects Cold War-era confidence in electronics, automation, military technology, and systems engineering.

Keywords: A Missile Named Mac; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Bell Labs; John Sutherland Productions; Carl Urbano; Oliver Callahan; Gerard Baldwin; animated film; educational animation; Cold War; ICBM; intercontinental ballistic missile; missile guidance; guided missile; radar; ground-based computers; electronics; modern electronics; guidance system; course correction; speed adjustment; trajectory; targeting; military technology; defense technology; automation; systems engineering; ballistic missile; nuclear age; military training film; technical explanation; point-of-view narration; animated missile; Cold War science; communications technology; aerospace; weapons systems; 1950s animation; industrial animation; military electronics

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Bell Telephone Laboratories

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