The Amazing laser | Eddie Newstead | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

The laser has applications in many fields, from entertainment to scientific research. Looks at some of the ways in which lasers are being used, and possible future development with lasers. It is being used in the printing industry for etching copper plates, in the search for cheap energy by producing fusion reactions in the laboratory, as a scalpel in surgery, and for making holograms. Narrated by Paul Vaughan.

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Credits

producer

Richard Reisz

production company

London Television Service

director

Eddie Newstead

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014944

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Holography

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Lasers

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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