Britain on Film
8.6
2012
Documentary
Series using the Rank Organisation's "Look at Life" documentary shorts to examine British society during the 1960s.
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Episode 10 : The Spirit of the Sixties
October. 08,2013
1960s short films capture the post-war emergence of dynamic youth cultures and celebrate an age when creativity was flourishing in the music industry.
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Episode 9 : This Sporting Life
October. 01,2013
1960s short films reflecting our national preoccupation with a range of competitive sports, ranging from golf and cycling to skiing and stock car racing.
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Episode 8 : Worlds Apart
September. 24,2013
1960s short films made by the Rank Organisation on foreign excursions, including the reindeer herders of Lapland and the young Dalai Lama in India following his exile.
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Episode 7 : The Home Front
September. 17,2013
Series on 1960s British life continues by looking at how we tackled housing shortages, rebuilt cities and met the expectations of an increasingly affluent nation.
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Episode 6 : Messing About in Boats
September. 10,2013
Documenting our fondness for boats in a period that saw sailors seeking endurance world records and boatmen striving to halt the decline of rivers and canals.
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Episode 5 : Road, Rail and Runways
June. 24,2013
Charting the upheavals in the UK's transport systems at a time when the popularity of air travel soared, rail networks were dismantled and the car was king.
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Episode 4 : The World of Work
June. 17,2013
Using the Rank Organisation's short colour films to document British working lives in the 1960s, a period when new technology was transforming our factories.
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Episode 3 : Island Nation
June. 10,2013
Britain on FilmSeries 2 Episode 3 of 10
Using the 1960s Look at Life films to examine the implications of Britain's identity as an island nation, a geographical reality that influences its national psyche.
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