[time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie

[Bill Hawkins]

It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please
forgive
me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation
and
have a chapter on the future thereof.

I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has
the
teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self-
contained room. Occasionally, they "work" by pedaling a machine that
generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work
harder through a wall-sized TV set.

Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested
"welfare dormitories" for the 50% of workers made redundant by
automation
around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference.

Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic.

Bill Hawkins