1975 MIT Holography with Jeff Hall

00:15Copy video clip URL Explanation of holography. Significant distortion. 

01:22Copy video clip URL A model that illustrates the workings of a hologram. Wires demonstrate the path through which light travels within the machine. 

02:51Copy video clip URL Dr. Shaoul Ezekiel, director of the laser lab at MIT, discusses holograms. He observes that anyone can learn how to take a hologram relatively easily, and that basic equipment is not too expensive. He talks about the history of holography and its practical uses.

07:02Copy video clip URL Ezekiel shows the workings of the hologram machine. 

09:12Copy video clip URL Student Philip D. Henshaw identifies the components of the machine, explaining how each part works together and how the machine was constructed. 

11:18Copy video clip URL Artist Jeff Hall discusses his use of holography in his art. He talks about the logistics of holographic photography and about other artists who have worked in holography. 

17:57Copy video clip URL Possible future developments in holography. Hall likens it to 3-D films. 

19:02Copy video clip URL A demonstration and explanation of the lasers in Hall’s holography apparatuses. 

22:45Copy video clip URL Further discussion of lasers working within Hall’s self-constructed holography apparatus. 

25:40Copy video clip URL Demonstration and explanation of Hall’s larger holography set-up, which takes up most of a small basement room. 

27:30Copy video clip URL A transmission hologram of a watch.

27:50Copy video clip URL A small crowd at a party. “Andy Warhol said that we might someday go to a party and be the only one there.” 

28:52Copy video clip URL Narrator recites credits.