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California 2000

First transmitted in 1966, a look at California's technology industry and its potential impact on the future.

First transmitted in 1966, a look at California's technology industry and its potential impact on the future. The Californian technology industry is by far the most advanced and pioneering of its kind across the developed world. John Morgan investigates how this distinctly Californian industry developed and the questions it raises for Britain and Europe.

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46 minutes

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Thu 18 Aug 1966 21:25
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It is 1966 and "the shape of things to come has arrived in California. The astonishing moon-walking products of its technology remain as science fiction for Britain and Europe. In the far West the wildest dream populates the landscape." So begins this special edition of Panorama, which asks where these developments will lead and who will get to benefit from the impact of the new technologies and their spin-offs.

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