Hi all;

I'm not sure if anyone else out there has already seen these, but
here goes:

1) When Worlds Collide (1951) - about 35 minutes into the film,
Barbara Rush's character uses a slide rule (unable to determine the
make) to verify what the 'D-A' (differential analyser - looks like
Univac) has confirmed, that the Earth is doomed. (The books were better!)

2) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1960) - 28 minutes in, Walter
Pigeon's Admiral Nelson uses what looks like a Dietzgen 1733 to
calculate the angle of trajectory and location on Earth to fire a
Polaris nuclear missile to blow away the "burning Van Allen Belt"! (I
have one of those SRs and the metal framed cursor is easy to spot on
the DVD version of the film).

If these have been repeats of prior sightings, I apologize. It was
just fun to see the SRs in action, even if in sci-fi!

BTW - I remember seeing somewhere an old science fiction magazine
cover illustration of a 'space pirate' boarding a ship with a slide
rule, rather than a knife, in his teeth!! Anyone got a copy of that
picture?

Al W.