Lasers Unlimited

Duration:

Year Published: 1969

Creator: AT&T

Complete Record: Explains what lasers are, how they work, and how they developed. Describes research and new advances in the application of the laser in medicine, science, communication, and industry, including use of the laser in surgery, for scoring electronic circuits at Western Electric, and as an alignment tool for the Boeing 747 aircraft. Focuses on work at Bell System research labs into the laser's potential in memory storage and information transmission. Demonstrates holograms and their potential use in communication. Film opens with footage from 1950s Sci Fi (Science Fiction) movies of alien spaceship invaders using lasers to destroy the earth. Shows tatoo removal using laser. The pencil-thin beam of ‘coherent’ laser light is revolutionizing many fields of science and promising still more for the future. Examines some of the laser’s most innovative uses including ‘holograms.’ Original music.