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Look at Life

Look at Life

1959 - 1969

Marrakesh

1st January 1959
Episode 1
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

Follow The Stars

15th January 1959
Episode 2
Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.

The Doctor Suggests

15th January 1959
Episode 3
Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.

A Marriage Is Arranged

15th January 1959
Episode 4
No overview available.

Jumping To Aintree

15th January 1959
Episode 5
No overview available.

Ticket To Tokyo

15th January 1959
Episode 6
No overview available.

Letting Off Steam

15th January 1959
Episode 7
No overview available.

A Dog’s Life

15th January 1959
Episode 8
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

Market Place

15th January 1959
Episode 9
Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.

Cause For Alarm

15th January 1959
Episode 10
Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.

New Roads For Old

15th January 1959
Episode 11
No overview available.

A Car Is Born

15th January 1959
Episode 12
No overview available.

Saving Face

15th January 1959
Episode 13
A look at the cosmetics industry.

The Divided City

15th January 1959
Episode 14
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

Operation Noah’s Ark

15th January 1959
Episode 15
Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.

Down London River

15th January 1959
Episode 16
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

Coffee Bar

15th January 1959
Episode 17
Coffee bars and their clientele.

Garden Of Tomorrow

15th January 1959
Episode 18
A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.

Derby Day

15th January 1959
Episode 19
A look at the tradition of Derby Day.

Money Talks

15th January 1959
Episode 20
A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.

Flight On A Cushion

15th January 1959
Episode 21
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.

Talking Of Coaches

15th January 1959
Episode 22
A look at the advances in coach travel.

Seaway

15th January 1959
Episode 23
The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.

Kings Of Speed

15th January 1959
Episode 24
A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.

Making An Effort

15th January 1959
Episode 25
No overview available.

Village Of Violins

15th January 1959
Episode 26
The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.

The Black Arrows

15th January 1959
Episode 27
Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.

Ceremonial Soldier

15th January 1959
Episode 28
A day in the life of a guardsman.

Alpine Rescue

15th January 1959
Episode 29
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

Down On The Farm

15th January 1959
Episode 30
The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.

Shopping For A "Queen"

15th January 1959
Episode 31
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.

Channel Tunnel

15th January 1959
Episode 32
The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.

Harvest of Hops

15th January 1959
Episode 33
The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.

Pony Tale

15th January 1959
Episode 34
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.

Sailing The Sky

15th January 1959
Episode 35
The sport of gliding.

Dustmen’s Day

8th January 1959
Episode 36
The collection of refuse and its disposal.

Let’s Go Dancing

15th January 1959
Episode 37
A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.

Soldier Abroad

22nd January 1959
Episode 38
The British Army on the Rhine.

Island Of Men

29th January 1959
Episode 39
A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.

Bullfighter

5th February 1959
Episode 40
Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.
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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.

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