Editing Searchlight (section)

== Non-military use ==
Today, searchlights are used in [[advertising]], [[fairs]], [[festivals]] and other public events. Their use was once common for [[film|movie]] [[premiere]]s; the waving searchlight beams can still be seen as a design element in the logos of [[20th Century Studios]] and the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox television network]]. The world's most powerful searchlight today beams from the top of the pyramid-shaped [[Luxor Las Vegas|Luxor Hotel]] in [[Las Vegas]]. It concentrates about 13,650,000 [[Lumen (unit)|lumens]] from 39 7kW [[Xenon arc lamp|xenon lamps]] into a beam of about 9,129,000,000 [[candela]].

''[[Tribute in Light]]'' is an art installation that uses two columns of searchlights to represent the former [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers of the World Trade Center]], in remembrance of the [[September 11 attacks]]. It is produced annually in [[Lower Manhattan]].

Disney parks uses searchlights in their nighttime fireworks displays. They are installed on top of the rooftops of several attractions in [[Fantasyland]].

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File:Searchlights at the W at Bonifacio High Street, Manila.JPG|Searchlights at [[New Year's Eve]] 2012 in Bonifacio Global City, Philippines
File:LuminatoatHarbourfront.jpg|Use of searchlights at the [[Luminato]] arts festival in Toronto
File:Tokyo sky tree23.jpg|Searchlights demonstrating the height of [[Tokyo Skytree]] before its construction in 2007
File:Light beam, Luxor, Las Vegas (6433695339).jpg|[[Luxor Sky Beam]]
File:September_11th_Memorial_Tribute_In_Light_2014.jpg|[[Tribute in Light]], representing the World Trade Center twin towers in remembrance of the September 11 attacks
File:20th Century-Fox fanfare 1947.webm|Animated searchlights are a part of the distinctive [[production logo]] used at the start of [[20th Century Fox]] films since the 1930s
File:KLJB 2016 logo.png|A logo for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KLJB]], one of many examples of a Fox station still using searchlights in their logo.
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