Film Storage: Memex, the desk manager system proposed by the grandfather of the "hypermedia" concept of information integration, Vannevar Bush, was to be based on microfilm (which had been developed and perfected for espionage work during WWII). In a contemporary application, access to microfilm data could be facilitated by a juke box type system containing indexes of film cards. These cards would be retrieved and scanned on pin registered mounts, and then processed and displayed in a computer based digital environment. Information contained on rolls of microfilm could be similarly accessed. The addressing of information "fields" or "records" on the microfilm could be structured according to a matrix coordinate system, or simply by frame sequence on the rolls of microfilm. However, in view of the immense storage needs of truly sophisticated information management systems, the logistics of physically managing and manipulating microfilm, microfiche, or related photographic media would be cumbersome and woefully inadequate. Perhaps film media will continue to have application as an archival medium, but it is unlikely that it will be appropriate as a primary storage medium in an integrated information system. Memex Storage Format