Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing

Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing is a short documentary film from 1972, produced by Steven King and directed/edited by Peter Chvany, about ARPANET, an early packet-switching network and one of the first networks to implement the protocol suite TCP/IP.

Content
The 30 minute film features many of the most important names in computer networking, especially J. C. R. Licklider and others from MIT's Project MAC who had connected a computer to ARPANET the year before. According to a history of computing equipment by Columbia University it "begins with a montage of equipment ... and then has interviews with ARPANET creators." The film discusses "the potential that this network has for revolutionizing so many industries and institutions".

Participants
Speaking parts:
 * Fernando J. Corbató (Corby): (voice 0:45-1:15, face 1:00-1:15, 15:10-15:40) Turing Award winner, implementer of multitasking operating systems.


 * J. C. R. Licklider (Lick): (1:00-1:40), and many times throughout the film. Licklider discusses how, despite the invention of the printing press being a revolution, the transmission of information on paper was slow. He also discusses collaboration, access to digital libraries, the transition to electronic information and the social processes involved in this.
 * Lawrence G. Roberts: (voice 1:40-2:25) SIGCOMM Award winner.
 * Robert Kahn: (2:25-2:35, 3:15-6:25, 6:55-) Turing Award winner.
 * Frank Heart: (2:35-3:15, 6:25-6:55)
 * William R. Sutherland (Bert): (13:50-15:10)
 * Richard W. Watson: (17:34-18:30, 25:05-25:15) mass storage researcher
 * John R. Pasta: (18:30-19:25)
 * Donald W. Davies: (19:25-21:55) packet switching inventor.
 * George W. Mitchell: (21:55-24:05, voice only)

Non-speaking:
 * Daniel L. Murphy: (Behind the titles, several other times including about 15:44)

Unidentified:
 * (8:27-8:32, with beard and glasses): previously misidentified as Jon Postel

Reception
Cory Doctorow called the documentary a "fantastic 30 minutes of paleo-nerd memorabilia". Matt Novak of Gizmodo said "When you hear a man like J.C.R. Licklider describe the information age before it had even begun to trickle into the public consciousness, we understand how forward-thinking these people developing the ARPANET in the late 1960s and early 1970s truly were." Mark Liberman described it as "amazing".