Look at Life
8
1959
Documentary
Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which 507 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation for screening in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week. It replaced the circuit's newsreel, Universal News, which had become increasingly irrelevant in the face of more immediate news media, particularly on television with the launch of ITN on the Independent Television service, which began broadcasting in parts of the United Kingdom in 1955.
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Episode 140 : Test Pilot
December. 10,1961
A film looking at the work involved in being a test pilot of jet planes, particularly concentrating on one test pilot, Jim Dell. The planes themselves, cockpits, instruments and the pilots’
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Episode 139 : Everything Stops For Tea
December. 03,1961
A film following what happens to tea, from the time it is landed at the London docks until it reaches the domestic teapot. Scenes at London’s tea wharves are shown, with tea chests
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Episode 138 : High Rise
November. 26,1961
In this intriguing film, lifts of all kinds come under the camera’s eye.
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Episode 137 : Roses All The Way
November. 19,1961
The art of rose growing and the competition it breeds.
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Episode 136 : Char And Wad
November. 12,1961
The work of the NAAFI, with location shots in Kuwait, Gibralter, Cyprus and Germany.
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Episode 135 : Men In The Mode
November. 05,1961
Deals with the men’s fashion industry.
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Episode 134 : City Of Crisis
October. 29,1961
Deals with the divided Berlin and the recent incidents on the East-West border.
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Episode 133 : Jobs With A Thrill
October. 22,1961
Demonstrates some thrilling occupations, including a steel erector, a quarry blastman, steeple jacks and riding the wall of death.
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Episode 132 : For The Record
October. 15,1961
Shows the work of the gramophone record industry, from the birth of an idea to the finished disc, with Norrie Paramour, A&R manager.
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Episode 131 : Mystery Of A Fish
October. 08,1961
Deals with the movements and the fishing of salmon.
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Episode 130 : Why All The Rush?
October. 01,1961
The holiday rush to the seaside in Britain during August.
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Episode 129 : A 100,000 Oarsmen
September. 24,1961
The sport of rowing.
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Episode 128 : The Ball At His Feet
September. 17,1961
The competitive world of League football.
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Episode 127 : Controlled Landing
September. 10,1961
Inside the control tower of London Airport, and shows the talk-down procedure for an incoming Comet arriving in a fog.
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Episode 126 : Flags Over The Temple
September. 03,1961
SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation) in Thailand.
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Episode 125 : Men With Ideas
August. 27,1961
The men and women with ideas and how they go about getting them legally accepted.
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Episode 124 : The Dance Of Life
August. 20,1961
English folk dancing including the Hobby Horse dance and the Furry dance.
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Episode 123 : Action This Day
August. 13,1961
The thrills, the toughness and the urgency that go to make up the training of some of Britain’s finest fighting men.
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Episode 122 : Looking For Nothing
August. 06,1961
A look at various sights, - in London, the Manchester Whitweek walks, liners, pet shop windows and holes!.
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Episode 121 : Lady Of Japan
July. 30,1961
The development of Japan and especially Tokyo.
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Episode 120 : Counting Heads
July. 23,1961
Made with the co-operation of the Registrar-General, shows how the recent ten-year census was carried out.
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Episode 119 : Muscle Men
July. 16,1961
Deals with circumstances and situations where "muscles" still count: in the Army, in wrestling, weight lifting,
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Episode 118 : Tulip Town
July. 09,1961
Tells the story of Spalding, Lincolnshire, Britain’s Tulip Town.
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Episode 117 : Coming Sir!
July. 02,1961
The hotel industry in Britain.
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Episode 116 : And So To Bed
June. 25,1961
The manufacture of matresses.
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Episode 115 : Ice Age
June. 18,1961
The manufacture and the uses of ice.
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Episode 114 : Survival
June. 11,1961
A look at various survival techniques with Peter Whittingham and [sic] RAF survival expert and Jock Wishart.
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Episode 113 : Prison On Wheels
June. 04,1961
Light-hearted miscellany covering the problems of parking cars in London, the eight-storey mechanical park in the City, car-breaking and compulsory testing
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Episode 112 : Battle Of The Bulge
May. 28,1961
A look at various ways of slimming.
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Episode 111 : Match Makers
May. 21,1961
Models made from match sticks.
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Episode 110 : High Tension
May. 14,1961
Tension created by pressure of modern life. Methods of relieving these tensions, pep pills. The work of the Institute of Directors and a castle in N. Wales where executives can relax
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Episode 109 : Girls Ahoy
May. 07,1961
The Women’s Royal Naval Service was formed as a wartime service by more than 1,000 recruits each year
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Episode 108 : Art Is A Business
April. 30,1961
The recreational and educational pursuit of painting.
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Episode 107 : Flood Tide
April. 23,1961
Deals with storms, floods and erosions along Britain’s coastline and how they are combated.
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Episode 106 : Going To Blazes
April. 16,1961
Shows the organisation, training methods and work done by the Fire Brigade in London.
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Episode 105 : Woman-Power
April. 09,1961
Deals with the growing strength of women’s periodicals.
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Episode 104 : Ski Fever
April. 02,1961
A look at what British skiers are doing, both at Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, and at Murren, where the British Championships provide almost as many thrills, if not such high speeds as...
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Episode 103 : What A Pet!
March. 26,1961
A look at various pets.
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Episode 102 : Shelling Out
March. 19,1961
In this film the world of shellfish, from the delicate tasting oyster to the humbler but, many people say, no less succulent tasting mussel, is examined.
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Episode 101 : The Big Blow
March. 12,1961
All sorts of people of all ages have succumbed to the fascination of the brass band. In this film brass bands and the human and mechanical components that go to make them come under the spotlight.
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Episode 100 : Shares In Tomorrow
March. 05,1961
Deals with the working of the Stock Exchange.
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Episode 99 : Rolling Out From Rio
February. 26,1961
The building of Brazil’s new capital city - Brasilia.
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Episode 98 : Man Into Fish
February. 19,1961
The film covers the training, both above and below the surface of the sea with aqualung divers.
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Episode 97 : Against The Clock
February. 12,1961
The sport of rally car driving.
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Episode 96 : Pipeline
February. 05,1961
The various uses of mid-air refuelling.
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Episode 95 : On The Mark
January. 29,1961
Looks at the production and testing of guns and their use on moors, ranges and in the various shooting sports.
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Episode 94 : Press-Button Age
January. 22,1961
Survey of the revolution in farm machinery which leads to automated farming, enabling a farmer to operate his farm almost single-handed.
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Episode 93 : Up To Scratch
January. 15,1961
Sidney James commentating on fleas and elephants in the circus.
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Episode 92 : Flight Deck
January. 08,1961
Deals with the aircraft carrier "Hermes".
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Episode 91 : Hyde Park Corner
January. 01,1961
The planning and progress of work on the new road scheme and underpass at Hyde Prak Corner and Marble Arch.
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