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Was Goldfinger REALLY the first film to feature lasers?

OnlyManWhoCanOnlyManWhoCan Greater London
edited June 2012 in Trivia & Games Posts: 202
Hiya,

I'm writing a feature about Goldfinger at the moment and am of course using MI6-HQ to help me out with some of the facts. In the production notes it says that GF was the first film to feature lasers, but I cannot verify this anywhere else. Can someone confirm this is definitely the case?

Cheers in advance! ;)

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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Surprisingly, yes.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,969
    According to this site: yes. But look at the timeline and you'll se that it was cutting edge tech in those days..
    http://laserstars.org/history/index.html
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,506
    What year did the THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL come out? Was that before 1964?
  • ChevronChevron Northern Ireland
    Posts: 370
    Forbidden Planet?
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,506
    Chevron wrote:
    Forbidden Planet?

    I am sure the older black and white movies may have used them eariar than GoldFinger?
  • 001001
    Posts: 1,575
    Was Goldfinger the first film to have a Pussy Galore. :)
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
    Posts: 2,115
    re: older science fiction movies such as The Day the Earth Stood Still...not sure if they were laser beams specifically or generic "death rays" where there wasn't really a scientific theory involved.

    The debut of the Jonny Quest cartoon series on Sept. 18, 1964 during ABC's prime-time lineup, featured a laser specifically.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837342/

    That was right around the same time as Goldfinger's U.K. premier:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/releaseinfo
  • dchantrydchantry
    Posts: 278
    what about Flash Gordon seriel and old Buster Crabbe
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,459
    I loved watching Jonny Quest as a kid! Would like to see some again.
    I find it hard to believe GF was the first film to feature lasers ...
  • forgotmyusernameforgotmyusername
    edited June 2012 Posts: 2,782
    scientifically speaking - H.G.Wells introduced the world to a laser/heat ray in War of the Worlds back in the 1890s. So War of the Worlds would be the official film I would say that features a laser. All the old Flash Gordon films etc copied his idea from his novel.

    H.G.Wells is the pimp daddy of science fiction and we are all his bitches.

    H.G.Wells also discussed the ideas of an Atom bomb, 19 years before Einstein.

  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,506
    I suppose it depends if you are talking of when lasers appeared onscreen? or described in a novel?
  • OnlyManWhoCanOnlyManWhoCan Greater London
    Posts: 202
    Cheers for the info. I was talking about the movies, and 'industrial lasers' specifically. I know ray guns had likely appeared before, but I was thinking more of a 'realistic' device.

    ;)
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