The Rank Organisation
Director
Look at Life (1959)
1959
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.
Released March 1, 1959
Episode 10 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Rank Organisation Special Features Division
Network: Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Marrakesh
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
Jan. 1, 1959, midnight
S1E2 - Follow The Stars
Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E3 - The Doctor Suggests
Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E4 - A Marriage Is Arranged
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E5 - Jumping To Aintree
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E6 - Ticket To Tokyo
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E7 - Letting Off Steam
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E8 - A Dog’s Life
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
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E9 - Market Place
Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E10 - Cause For Alarm
Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E11 - New Roads For Old
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E12 - A Car Is Born
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E13 - Saving Face
A look at the cosmetics industry.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E14 - The Divided City
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
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E15 - Operation Noah’s Ark
Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E16 - Down London River
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
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E17 - Coffee Bar
Coffee bars and their clientele.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E18 - Garden Of Tomorrow
A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E19 - Derby Day
A look at the tradition of Derby Day.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E20 - Money Talks
A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
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S1E21 - Flight On A Cushion
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.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E22 - Talking Of Coaches
A look at the advances in coach travel.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E23 - Seaway
The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E24 - Kings Of Speed
A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E25 - Making An Effort
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E26 - Village Of Violins
The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E27 - The Black Arrows
Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E28 - Ceremonial Soldier
A day in the life of a guardsman.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E29 - Alpine Rescue
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
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E30 - Down On The Farm
The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E31 - Shopping For A "Queen"
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.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E32 - Channel Tunnel
The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E33 - Harvest of Hops
The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E34 - Pony Tale
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.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E35 - Sailing The Sky
The sport of gliding.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E36 - Dustmen’s Day
The collection of refuse and its disposal.
Jan. 8, 1959, midnight
S1E37 - Let’s Go Dancing
A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.
Jan. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E38 - Soldier Abroad
The British Army on the Rhine.
Jan. 22, 1959, midnight
S1E39 - Island Of Men
A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.
Jan. 29, 1959, midnight
S1E40 - Bullfighter
Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.
Feb. 5, 1959, midnight
Network: Thames Television
Episode Runtime: 10 min.
Season Runtime: 10 min.
Released: March 1, 1959
Last Air Date: Feb. 16, 1969, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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