1962: Cower in FEAR – The LASER is Here! | Tonight | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
“Scientists and engineers have just produced a device that could change our whole concept of war and defense. A science-fiction weapon that melts steel…” Alan Whicker reports from Wayland, Massachusetts, about the invention of the laser beam. Scientists have already successfully reflected a laser beam onto the moon. He chats to Dr Colin Bowness and Mr Stanley Cass about the potential applications for this exciting new technology. Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 15 May, 1962. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Credit to : BBC Archive