Instant World: Laser Welder
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Science has given time a different meaning - what was once the work of years is now achieved in days; days are reduced to seconds. This issue looks at a few of the developments which are helping to make this an instant world. This instant welder solves the problem of welding the tiny to the gigantic. A portable laser delivers the heat so fast that it prevents the one melting while the other barely gets warm!
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Engineering; Design
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/149
- Credits:
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- Cutter
- Andrew Denny
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
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- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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How to cite this record
'Instant World: Laser Welder', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 149. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/325620 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)