Funny 1967 Film Predicts PC, Online Shopping & Email - Sort of...

This wonderful clip from the 1967 film, '1999 A.D.,' in which we see a woman with a '60s bouffant hairdo, doing a bit of online shopping - except in the way this was envisioned back then, which was apparently all analog:

This video console will be channeled into the store of her choice. There, a camera will scan a display of wares, which she will select by push-button.

The film was fairly accurate in predicting that "all bills and transactions will be carried out electronically."

The prediction of what email would be like is perhaps the funniest part. While film shows the husband at his home office, the voiceover says, "Also at his disposal, is an electronic correspondence machine, or home post office, which allows individuals instant written communication anywhere in the world." The camera zooms in on the husband's hand, writing in longhand with a pen on a black surface...