There are provided a light polarizing film of a grid type, usable for
light at a wavelength in a range of a visible light region to an infrared
region, a method of continuously fabricating the same, and a reflective
optical film using the light polarizing film. A polypropylene film is
passed through rolls 12, a first constant temperature cell 13, and rolls
12' to thereby undergo uniaxial drawing by 4-fold. Thereafter, an
aluminum metal is vapor-deposited to a thickness of 100 nm in a vacuum
deposition cell 14 to be subsequently passed through rolls 15, a second
constant temperature cell 16, and rolls 15', undergoing uniaxial drawing
by 2-fold again while partially crystallizing the polypropylene film. At
this point in time, the aluminum metal undergoes substantially uniform
cracking in a direction orthogonal to a drawing direction. Thereafter,
heat treatment is applied to the film in a third constant temperature
cell 17, and the film is subsequently taken out by take-up rolls 18. The
film-like light polarizing film obtained had a degree of polarization at
99.5%, and light transmittance at 90%, in a region of infrared wavelength
in a range of 1 to 10 .mu.m. With two sheets of the films crossed at
right angles, reflectance thereof for infrared rays was measured and was
found at not less than 99.9%.