Look at Life
1959 · 11 seasons · 256 episodes · Returning Series
Documentary
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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.
Episodes
- S01E01Marrakesh1959-01-01
View of Marrakesh, men riding on donkeys whilst commentary describes the position of Marrakesh CU of a camel. Camels being led: the market place: Arabs meet to talk or to drive a bargain: commentary gives a brief history of Marrakesh
- S01E02Follow The Stars1959-01-15
Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.
- S01E03The Doctor Suggests1959-01-15
Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.
- S01E04A Marriage Is Arranged1959-01-15
- S01E05Jumping To Aintree1959-01-15
- S01E06Ticket To Tokyo1959-01-15
- S01E07Letting Off Steam1959-01-15
- S01E08A Dog’s Life1959-01-1515m
Dogs as pets, including the Queen’s corgis, and as working dogs - gun dogs, sheep dogs, guide dogs, police dogs and guard dogs. Also shows breeders, veterinarians, the People’s Dispensary
- S01E09Market Place1959-01-15
Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.
- S01E10Cause For Alarm1959-01-15
Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.
- S01E11New Roads For Old1959-01-15
- S01E12A Car Is Born1959-01-15
- S01E13Saving Face1959-01-15
A look at the cosmetics industry.
- S01E14The Divided City1959-01-15
Travelogue - Berlin. Panning aerial shots: the Mayor’s offices: Emperor William Memorial Church (94): Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, arriving in London on April 21st 1959 for discussion
- S01E15Operation Noah’s Ark1959-01-15
Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.
- S01E16Down London River1959-01-15
Travelogue of the River Thames. Shot of: Big Ben: the Embankment: people boarding a pleasure boat at Westminster: people buy tickets: the steamer sets off: the Houses of Parliament
- S01E17Coffee Bar1959-01-15
Coffee bars and their clientele.
- S01E18Garden Of Tomorrow1959-01-15
A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.
- S01E19Derby Day1959-01-15
A look at the tradition of Derby Day.
- S01E20Money Talks1959-01-15
A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.
- S01E21Flight On A Cushion1959-01-1510m
Looks at the development of the Saunders-Roe SR.N1 hovercraft, the first full-size experimental model, and its maiden flight across the English Channel. Includes an interview with Christopher Sydney Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft, who demonstrates his original model made of tin cans, and Peter Lamb, test pilot for the hovercraft.
- S01E22Talking Of Coaches1959-01-15
A look at the advances in coach travel.
- S01E23Seaway1959-01-15
The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.
- S01E24Kings Of Speed1959-01-15
A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.
- S01E25Making An Effort1959-01-15
- S01E26Village Of Violins1959-01-15
The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.
- S01E27The Black Arrows1959-01-15
Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.
- S01E28Ceremonial Soldier1959-01-15
A day in the life of a guardsman.
- S01E29Alpine Rescue1959-01-15
Just four men, Swiss glacier pilots, have mastered the art of landing light aircraft on the glaciers and snowfields of the Alps, rescuing injured or stranded climbers in situations difficult to
- S01E30Down On The Farm1959-01-15
The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.
- S01E31Shopping For A "Queen"1959-01-15
Every fortnight the liner the Queen Elisabeth has to be completely restocked and this is a mammoth housekeeping operation which has to be completed in 48 hours.
- S01E32Channel Tunnel1959-01-15
The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.
- S01E33Harvest of Hops1959-01-15
The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.
- S01E34Pony Tale1959-01-15
A film of a pony from the time it is rounded up in the forest until, with its young rider astride, it enters for the high spot of the pony-riding year.
- S01E35Sailing The Sky1959-01-15
The sport of gliding.
- S01E36Dustmen’s Day1959-01-08
The collection of refuse and its disposal.
- S01E37Let’s Go Dancing1959-01-15
A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.
- S01E38Soldier Abroad1959-01-22
The British Army on the Rhine.
- S01E39Island Of Men1959-01-29
A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.
- S01E40Bullfighter1959-02-05
Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.
