The Rank Organisation
Director
Look at Life (1959)
1963
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
S5E193 - Farming For Fashion
A look at mink farming.
Jan. 1, 1963, midnight
S5E194 - The Black Watch
The visit of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, to the Black Watch on the North Inch of the Banks of the River Tay.
Jan. 8, 1963, midnight
S5E195 - Call From The Wild
A look at wildlife protection in North and South Rhodesia and the developing national parks.
Jan. 15, 1963, midnight
S5E196 - Beauty - And The Rest
A look at beauty contests with some of the contestants - Margaret Boardman, Jackie White, Maureen Gay, Delyse Humphreys and Patricia Bush.
Jan. 22, 1963, midnight
S5E197 - See How They Jump
A look at show jumping and how the show jumpers as well as their riders are made, featuring Douglas Bunn, the show jumper.
Jan. 29, 1963, midnight
S5E198 - Island At The Cross Roads
The Isle of Man, its history and economic problems, and how the Tynwald is attempting to overcome them.
Feb. 5, 1963, midnight
S5E199 - Pictures Tell The Story
The distribution of pictures to papers, magazines and television by wire, radio and Telstar.
Feb. 12, 1963, midnight
S5E200 - The Silent Change
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
Feb. 19, 1963, midnight
S5E201 - Birdmen
Man’s attempts to fly by his own efforts. The Puffin by which John Wimpenny pedalled himself through the air for half a mile.
Feb. 26, 1963, midnight
S5E202 - Out Of The Bush
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.
March 5, 1963, midnight
S5E203 - Girls Of The Air
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.
March 12, 1963, midnight
S5E204 - The Box On The Wall
The use of suggestion boxes to help step up production in industry. An ingenious device for scouring furred-up pipes won its inventor £1000.
March 19, 1963, midnight
S5E205 - Caught in the Cold
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.
March 26, 1963, midnight
S5E206 - Figure It Out
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.
April 2, 1963, midnight
S5E207 - Signposts Of The Sea
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.
April 9, 1963, midnight
S5E208 - Crowning Glory
The creation of new hair styles, the training of future hairdressers and the art of wig-making.
April 16, 1963, midnight
S5E209 - Keeping Clean
The story of the many thousands of people in Britain who are employed to keep offices, shops and other places clean.
April 23, 1963, midnight
S5E210 - The City’s Built for Shooting
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...
April 30, 1963, midnight
S5E211 - The Greatest Of These...
Some of the ways in which money is collected for charity.
May 7, 1963, midnight
S5E212 - New Universities
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.
May 14, 1963, midnight
S5E213 - Draw The Fires
An interim report on the modernisation of the railways, which will by 1972 replace steam locomotives by diesels and overhead electrification.
May 21, 1963, midnight
S5E214 - It’s A Gamble
The vast scale and variety of gambling in Britain today, estimated at more than 840 million pounds changing hands in 1962.
May 28, 1963, midnight
S5E215 - Rag Time
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...
June 4, 1963, midnight
S5E216 - The Destroyers
A description of pests of all kinds and what is being done to control or exterminate them.
June 11, 1963, midnight
S5E217 - Market Day
The problems of meat marketing in meeting the changing demands of the housewife. A look at market day in various markets.
June 18, 1963, midnight
S5E218 - Men Of The Woods
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.
June 25, 1963, midnight
S5E219 - Rising To High Office
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
July 2, 1963, midnight
S5E220 - The Car Has Wings
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
July 9, 1963, midnight
S5E221 - Backroom Of The Sky
Some aspects of aircraft testing at Boscombe Down and the use of film in recording these tests.
July 16, 1963, midnight
S5E222 - Trade Winds Blow
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.
July 23, 1963, midnight
S5E223 - Vintage Models
A review of vintage cars - their owners, the collection at Beaulieu, the London to Brighton run and other enthusiast activities.
July 30, 1963, midnight
S5E224 - People Of Power
A visit to the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station where commercial power is produced from nuclear energy, showing the working conditions which prevail.
Aug. 6, 1963, midnight
S5E225 - Glamour Gets A Passport
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...
Aug. 13, 1963, midnight
S5E226 - They Learn As They See
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,..
Aug. 20, 1963, midnight
S5E227 - Queue For The Tee
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...
Aug. 27, 1963, midnight
S5E228 - Pilot Aboard
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.
Sept. 3, 1963, midnight
S5E229 - Forging New Links
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,..
Sept. 10, 1963, midnight
S5E230 - Second Chance
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...
Sept. 17, 1963, midnight
S5E231 - Gipsy Holiday
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.
Sept. 24, 1963, midnight
S5E232 - Where No Tide Flows
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.
Oct. 1, 1963, midnight
S5E233 - Jazz All The Way
Survey of the jazz scene in Britain today: record sales and the festivals at Cleethorpes and Manchester.
Oct. 8, 1963, midnight
S5E234 - Key Of The Door
The Colleges of Advanced Technology in England and Wales with particular reference to Loughborough, with a speech by Prince Philip.
Oct. 15, 1963, midnight
S5E235 - As Good As Gold
Gold: stored in vaults of the Bank of England, worked by craftsmen and turned by the Royal Mint into sovereigns for export.
Oct. 22, 1963, midnight
S5E236 - Island Refuge
The Island of Skomer off the Pembrokeshire coast and the work of the warden of the wildlife sanctuary there, David Saunders, and his wife.
Oct. 29, 1963, midnight
S5E237 - Rolling Home
Caravanning in Britain today. Holiday sites and permanent sites. The export of caravans from Britain, now the world’s biggest exporter.
Nov. 5, 1963, midnight
S5E238 - In The Kart
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.
Nov. 12, 1963, midnight
S5E239 - The Sky’s The Limit
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...
Nov. 19, 1963, midnight
S5E240 - A Pinch Of Salt
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...
Nov. 26, 1963, midnight
S5E241 - You Can’t Catch Much From A Fish
A view of what the six months compulsory quarantine period means to the animals and birds that are brought into Britain.
Dec. 3, 1963, midnight
S5E242 - Men Under Pressure
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...
Dec. 10, 1963, midnight
S5E243 - Over My Shoulder
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...
Dec. 17, 1963, 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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