Laser Beams

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2295
Date Released
28 May 1973
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Laser Beams
  2. 2Carnival Time
  3. 3Mens Hairdressing
  4. 4Commander King
  5. 5News in Colour: Commander King Returns
  6. 6News in Colour: Flower Show - Colour

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Laser Beams. DESCRIPTION: The Ministry of Defence announces the development of a laser death ray. SHOTLIST: LV soldiers surrounding & guarding an ambulance, the roof starts to open and a laser gun starts to lift up from roof. SV ditto rises from roof and is manned by soldiers. SV laser beam cutting through thick steel partition. AS laser gun working. SV ditto cutting through steel [taken from the James Bond film Goldfinger]. SV interior French laboratory showing laser rays. LV laser ray cutting through steel girder. LV laser cutting through steel tube. [LASER acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation].
Keywords
Weapons
Locations
Berkshire; Didcot
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
99110A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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