Learning on ScreenNew Light on Tomorrow
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Light on Tomorrow. DESCRIPTION: The newest form of light, the Laser beam, made by passing ordinary light through a ruby, has proved to be an amazing source of new power. Though still in its early days, it is already being used in industry, for precision measuring, for surgery and for helping to forecast the weather. SHOTLIST: MS dentist at work. LA clouds in the sky. Pan up space rocket taking off. MS man lighting a cigarette off a laser beam. MS laser burning through wood. Pan laser machine. MCU wood igniting. CU man in dark goggles. CU wood burning. CU man holding a laser rod. CU man placing rod in laser mirror container. CU man. CU man closing mirror container. CU razor blade. CU man in dark glasses. CU razor blades. CU part of laser. CU razor blade. MCU part of laser. CU razor blade. CU voltmeter. CU man pressing buttons. CU razor blade. CU man holding blade with two small holes burnt in it. MS laser operating. CU piece of metal. CU notice Caution Laser Operating. CU laser operating on piece of metal. CU hand holding metal up. Pan up space rocket taking off. MS radar bowl. Pan radar station. MS radar bowl. MS man working on laser. MCU ditto. CU part of laser. MCU man working on laser. CU ditto. Pan ditto. CU man pushing button. MS laser. CU looking in oscilloscope screen. MS part of laser. CU ticker tape machine. MCU man operating control panel. CU graph paper. CU ditto. MS radar bowl. LA ditto. LA clouds in sky. Pan girl being wheeled into operating theatre. CU surgeon lifts laser attachment from case. Pan surgeon testing laser machine. MS nurse attending to girl. CU nurse. CU girl. MS surgeon working on girl’s eye. CU ditto. CU ditto. MCU ditto. CU ditto. CU ditto. MS dentist working on small boy’s teeth. MS ditto. MS ditto. MS laser. CU sign Danger High Voltage. CU laser cutting razor blade.
- Keywords
- Science and technology
- Locations
- Newcastle upon Tyne; Ascension Island
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 90652
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 407
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