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 243 : Over My Shoulder
December. 17,1963
A look at the training in self-defence that is given to the Women Police and at the self-defensive arts and sports of Japanese origin - judo, aiki-do and kendo, ending with a sequence of...
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Episode 242 : Men Under Pressure
December. 10,1963
Some of the jobs that men do under pressure include building tunnels underwater, examining petrol and oil storage tanks, decontaminating and cleaning instruments of radiated materials at...
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Episode 241 : You Can’t Catch Much From A Fish
December. 03,1963
A view of what the six months compulsory quarantine period means to the animals and birds that are brought into Britain.
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Episode 240 : A Pinch Of Salt
November. 26,1963
An underground view of Britain’s only active salt mine at Meadowbank in Cheshire producing rock salt, used for clearing icy roads, as a fertiliser for sugar beet and also for medical...
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Episode 239 : The Sky’s The Limit
November. 19,1963
Aerobatics, originally devised as manoeuvres to avoid a pursuing enemy, are today part of the training of specialised squadrons of the R.A.F. Civil flyers, members of the Tiger Club, also do...
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Episode 238 : In The Kart
November. 12,1963
The new sport of karting - miniature motor racing - for many families is almost an all-the-year-round hobby with practice on Saturdays, racing on Sundays and maintenance during the week.
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Episode 237 : Rolling Home
November. 05,1963
Caravanning in Britain today. Holiday sites and permanent sites. The export of caravans from Britain, now the world’s biggest exporter.
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Episode 236 : Island Refuge
October. 29,1963
The Island of Skomer off the Pembrokeshire coast and the work of the warden of the wildlife sanctuary there, David Saunders, and his wife.
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Episode 235 : As Good As Gold
October. 22,1963
Gold: stored in vaults of the Bank of England, worked by craftsmen and turned by the Royal Mint into sovereigns for export.
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Episode 234 : Key Of The Door
October. 15,1963
The Colleges of Advanced Technology in England and Wales with particular reference to Loughborough, with a speech by Prince Philip.
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Episode 233 : Jazz All The Way
October. 08,1963
Survey of the jazz scene in Britain today: record sales and the festivals at Cleethorpes and Manchester.
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Episode 232 : Where No Tide Flows
October. 01,1963
There are more than 2,000 miles of canals in Britain. Built for commerce in the Industrial Revolution, many have fallen into disuse but holiday makers are rediscovering them.
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Episode 231 : Gipsy Holiday
September. 24,1963
The annual gathering of gypsies from all the Europe takes place at Saintes Maries de la Mer in the Camargue. This is a pilgrimage and a festival going back over 500 years.
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Episode 230 : Second Chance
September. 17,1963
Made-to-measure limbs for all disabled people who need them are provided in Britain under the National Health Service. This second chance is achieved by research, the workshops, the training...
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Episode 229 : Forging New Links
September. 10,1963
The story of Ulster started with colonisation financed by James I through the City of London. Recently members of the Honourable the Irish Society, including former Lord Mayors of London,..
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Episode 228 : Pilot Aboard
September. 03,1963
The story of Britain’s pilotage services; of the pilots themselves, who are always on call like Henry Brain; of the channel-marking buoys; and of the increasing part that radar is playing.
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Episode 227 : Queue For The Tee
August. 27,1963
Today golf is a £20,000,000 industry and the British golf ball goes all over the world, except to the United States where a slightly larger ball is used. Famous and unknown players show...
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Episode 226 : They Learn As They See
August. 20,1963
Lessons outside the classroom: children from various schools learn history and geography out of doors - on a river trip, geography from the air, trips to stimulate interest in local history,..
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Episode 225 : Glamour Gets A Passport
August. 13,1963
The fashion industry and its export plans, particularly for mass produced clothes to the continent, showing a fashion show of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers held at...
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Episode 224 : People Of Power
August. 06,1963
A visit to the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station where commercial power is produced from nuclear energy, showing the working conditions which prevail.
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Episode 223 : Vintage Models
July. 30,1963
A review of vintage cars - their owners, the collection at Beaulieu, the London to Brighton run and other enthusiast activities.
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Episode 222 : Trade Winds Blow
July. 23,1963
A survey of the industrial problems of the north-east of England and of what is being done to overcome them, both in adapting old industries and encouraging new ones.
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Episode 221 : Backroom Of The Sky
July. 16,1963
Some aspects of aircraft testing at Boscombe Down and the use of film in recording these tests.
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Episode 220 : The Car Has Wings
July. 09,1963
Ways by which the motorist goes on holiday: showing some of the forty-five ferries in Great Britain, the car-sleeper train from London to the Highlands, flying to Geneva. Last year 137,000 cars
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Episode 219 : Rising To High Office
July. 02,1963
London’s biggest office block with twenty-six floors rising to 350 feet, attracts visitors from all over the world, not just to see the view, but to study a mid-20th-century development which
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Episode 218 : Men Of The Woods
June. 25,1963
The famous forest community, at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, where today hardly 500 make a living out of woodcraft. Although many of the old customs still survive, the logs will be moved.
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Episode 217 : Market Day
June. 18,1963
The problems of meat marketing in meeting the changing demands of the housewife. A look at market day in various markets.
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Episode 216 : The Destroyers
June. 11,1963
A description of pests of all kinds and what is being done to control or exterminate them.
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Episode 215 : Rag Time
June. 04,1963
Student rags in Manchester, Hull, Sheffield and Leeds raise thousands of pounds for charity. Careful detailed planning as well as amusing and spectacular ideas contribute to the success of...
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Episode 214 : It’s A Gamble
May. 28,1963
The vast scale and variety of gambling in Britain today, estimated at more than 840 million pounds changing hands in 1962.
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Episode 213 : Draw The Fires
May. 21,1963
An interim report on the modernisation of the railways, which will by 1972 replace steam locomotives by diesels and overhead electrification.
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Episode 212 : New Universities
May. 14,1963
A description of what is being done to expand university training and facilities in this country against the background of the new Univesity of Sussex, near Brighton.
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Episode 211 : The Greatest Of These...
May. 07,1963
Some of the ways in which money is collected for charity.
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Episode 210 : The City’s Built for Shooting
April. 30,1963
A film showing the development of some of today’s great film sets, from the time they take shape on the drawing board to when they are destroyed after shooting. Includes the films The LONG...
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Episode 209 : Keeping Clean
April. 23,1963
The story of the many thousands of people in Britain who are employed to keep offices, shops and other places clean.
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Episode 208 : Crowning Glory
April. 16,1963
The creation of new hair styles, the training of future hairdressers and the art of wig-making.
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Episode 207 : Signposts Of The Sea
April. 09,1963
Lighthouses off the Welsh, Cornish and North-east coasts are seen from a new and enquiring angle and the modern lighthouse at Dungeness which is equipped with automatic controls.
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Episode 206 : Figure It Out
April. 02,1963
Computers: how they are made, what they are used for and how they may develop in the future plus a look at ERNIE, the premium bond computer.
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Episode 205 : Caught in the Cold
March. 26,1963
The chaos brought by snow and ice to Britain’s town and country. A lot is being done to minimise the chaos with snow clearing vehicles on both motorways and railways.
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Episode 204 : The Box On The Wall
March. 19,1963
The use of suggestion boxes to help step up production in industry. An ingenious device for scouring furred-up pipes won its inventor £1000.
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Episode 203 : Girls Of The Air
March. 12,1963
The work of the Women’s Royal Air Force, with Dame Anne Stephens, Air Commandant Jean Conan Doyle, senior radar technician Carole Nicholson, and Mary McGurk.
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Episode 202 : Out Of The Bush
March. 05,1963
The life of Africans against the background of village life and life in the cities of Rhodesia and in the Copper Belt of Northern Rhodesia.
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Episode 201 : Birdmen
February. 26,1963
Man’s attempts to fly by his own efforts. The Puffin by which John Wimpenny pedalled himself through the air for half a mile.
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Episode 200 : The Silent Change
February. 19,1963
The 200th issue combines the pageantry and ceremonial of the past with the drive for more exports. The ceremonies which go to make a Lord Mayor of London combined with glimpses of Britain’s
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Episode 199 : Pictures Tell The Story
February. 12,1963
The distribution of pictures to papers, magazines and television by wire, radio and Telstar.
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Episode 198 : Island At The Cross Roads
February. 05,1963
The Isle of Man, its history and economic problems, and how the Tynwald is attempting to overcome them.
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Episode 197 : See How They Jump
January. 29,1963
A look at show jumping and how the show jumpers as well as their riders are made, featuring Douglas Bunn, the show jumper.
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Episode 196 : Beauty - And The Rest
January. 22,1963
A look at beauty contests with some of the contestants - Margaret Boardman, Jackie White, Maureen Gay, Delyse Humphreys and Patricia Bush.
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Episode 195 : Call From The Wild
January. 15,1963
A look at wildlife protection in North and South Rhodesia and the developing national parks.
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Episode 194 : The Black Watch
January. 08,1963
The visit of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, to the Black Watch on the North Inch of the Banks of the River Tay.
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Episode 193 : Farming For Fashion
January. 01,1963
A look at mink farming.
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