Look at Life(1959)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1959-01-01
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 11
Episodes: 256
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.
Seasons & Episodes
1959
Episodes: 40E01
Marrakesh
Air Date: 1959-01-01
View of Marrakesh, men riding on donkeys whilst commentary describes the position of Marrakesh CU of a camel. Camels...
E02
Follow The Stars
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.
E03
The Doctor Suggests
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.
E04
A Marriage Is Arranged
Air Date: 1959-01-15
No episode overview available.
E05
Jumping To Aintree
Air Date: 1959-01-15
No episode overview available.
E06
Ticket To Tokyo
Air Date: 1959-01-15
No episode overview available.
E07
Letting Off Steam
Air Date: 1959-01-15
No episode overview available.
E08
A Dog’s Life
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Dogs as pets, including the Queen’s corgis, and as working dogs - gun dogs, sheep dogs, guide dogs, police dogs and g...
E09
Market Place
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.
E10
Cause For Alarm
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.
E11
New Roads For Old
Air Date: 1959-01-15
No episode overview available.
E12
A Car Is Born
Air Date: 1959-01-15
No episode overview available.
E13
Saving Face
Air Date: 1959-01-15
A look at the cosmetics industry.
E14
The Divided City
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Travelogue - Berlin. Panning aerial shots: the Mayor’s offices: Emperor William Memorial Church (94): Willy Brandt, M...
E15
Operation Noah’s Ark
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.
E16
Down London River
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Travelogue of the River Thames. Shot of: Big Ben: the Embankment: people boarding a pleasure boat at Westminster: peo...
E17
Coffee Bar
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Coffee bars and their clientele.
E18
Garden Of Tomorrow
Air Date: 1959-01-15
A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.
E19
Derby Day
Air Date: 1959-01-15
A look at the tradition of Derby Day.
E20
Money Talks
Air Date: 1959-01-15
A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.
E21
Flight On A Cushion
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Looks at the development of the Saunders-Roe SR.N1 hovercraft, the first full-size experimental model, and its maiden...
E22
Talking Of Coaches
Air Date: 1959-01-15
A look at the advances in coach travel.
E23
Seaway
Air Date: 1959-01-15
The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.
E24
Kings Of Speed
Air Date: 1959-01-15
A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.
E25
Making An Effort
Air Date: 1959-01-15
No episode overview available.
E26
Village Of Violins
Air Date: 1959-01-15
The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.
E27
The Black Arrows
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.
E28
Ceremonial Soldier
Air Date: 1959-01-15
A day in the life of a guardsman.
E29
Alpine Rescue
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Just four men, Swiss glacier pilots, have mastered the art of landing light aircraft on the glaciers and snowfields o...
E30
Down On The Farm
Air Date: 1959-01-15
The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.
E31
Shopping For A "Queen"
Air Date: 1959-01-15
Every fortnight the liner the Queen Elisabeth has to be completely restocked and this is a mammoth housekeeping opera...
E32
Channel Tunnel
Air Date: 1959-01-15
The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.
E33
Harvest of Hops
Air Date: 1959-01-15
The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.
E34
Pony Tale
Air Date: 1959-01-15
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 ...
E35
Sailing The Sky
Air Date: 1959-01-15
The sport of gliding.
E36
Dustmen’s Day
Air Date: 1959-01-08
The collection of refuse and its disposal.
E37
Let’s Go Dancing
Air Date: 1959-01-15
A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.
E38
Soldier Abroad
Air Date: 1959-01-22
The British Army on the Rhine.
E39
Island Of Men
Air Date: 1959-01-29
A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.
E40
Bullfighter
Air Date: 1959-02-05
Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.
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