Look at Life Season 4
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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Look at Life Season 4 Full Episode Guide
A look at window cleaning.
A look at India and its development in farming and industrial terms after the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II.
Record of the construction and testing of Britain’s rocket "Blue Streak".
The changing face of the River Rhine.
The industry, importance and uses of ropes.
The importance of good industrial and commercial design and the work of the Design Centre in London.
A look at the various aircarft, including Blackburn monoplane, Avro 504, the Sopwith Pup, the Bristol Fighter, the S.E.5, the Hart a general purpose reconnaissance bomber, the Gloster
The building of by-passes in Britain to ease the congestion in villages, with the pros and cons shown by cafe owner Joanne Nickless and milkman Joe Williams. Also shows the complete removal of
Surveys the Commom Market as it exists today.
The growth of the sport of swimming and the building of swimming pools in Britain, with Frank Rudge, a civil engineer, José Juba, a swimming coach, Anne Cotterill, a swimmer, and Margaret
The continuing development of the hovercraft with Sir Christopher Cockerell and Don Robertson, an amateur developer.
Immigration from the West Indies into Britain and how the West Indians have adapted to Britain.
Pigeons and pigeon fanciers.
The problem of air pollution from chimneys and how they are cleaned, with Lilian Voss, a chimney sweep.
The raising of finances for the Commonwealth Games, held in Perth, Australia, with Mike Wheeler, Commonwealth Games Appeals chairman, David Beatty, and Dawn Ryan, Miss Western Australia.
The various services underground such as the underground railway of the London postal service, sewers, underground vaults and electricity cables.
The importance of surveying the seas and oceans and the part played by HMS Vidal in the surveying with Rear Admiral Edmund Irving and Captain Stephen Ritchie.
A look at the office of mayor in Britain and the Lord Mayor’s Show in London.
The thrills and background of speedway racing, and shows how cross-country riding has introduced into speedway racing a new and spectacular hazard of man-made obstacles, with Barry Briggs
A look at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumbria and a more detailed examination of the Berlin Wall.
A look a the British base at Aden, now GHQ Middle East under one commanding officer. A visit by the aircraft carrier HMS Centaur coincides with ‘Aden Forces Week’. Also present was Harold
A look at the D.U.K.W. ['duck’] and other amphibious military craft.
How police horses and their riders are trained and how they do their job.
The modern Canadian Red Indian with the Major family, and the building of a new bridge across the Niagara River.
Illegal drug trafficking in Hong Kong and the problems of heroin drug addiction, with Henry Tappenden, a Hong Kong prison officer, Dr. Khan and Bill Stone.
The story of the last British battleship, HMS Vanguard, which will live on in a score of different forms through the new uses of her steel.
The little tugs, without which any big port would come to a standstill, are featured in the film as are the big ocean-going tugs which take on special towage jobs all over the world. With shots...
The work of a bomb disposal squad with Charles Lawrence, bomb disposal expert with the Royal Navy.
The manufacture of hats.
The scrap metal business in Waltham Cross, Swansea, and Ebbw Vale.
The increasing problem of oil pollution on Britain’s shore.
The increasing popularity of the motor scooter.
The rising attendance at cinemas in Great Britain.
Emigration from Britain to Canada with the Smith family.
A look at the work of removal men.
A look at traffic control and motorways in Germany.
The work of the Forestry Commission.
A look at the various uses of the horse and dogs - animals who earn their keep
A film about various stately homes in Britain, commencing with Woburn Abbey, where the State rooms, Ascot Gold Cup and other valuable objects are seen, as well as the grounds and outbuildings
A look at the world of gems, including shots of the Crown Jewels, and how gems are formed geologically. The film looks at night classes in gemmology held in London’s Northern Polytechnic
A light-hearted look at different ways people relax. Lilias Tougher, a teacher in the village of Great Hanwood, near Shrewsbury, and her husband Laurence are members of the English Westerners..
Record of Hitler’s retreat in the Bavarian mountains at Berchtesgaden, now a tourist site.
A feature looking at medical research and developments, particularly in the field of penicillins and viruses. Largely filmed at the Wright-Fleming Institute it looks at the training of medical
A feature investigating modern rockets and the backroom world and research in their production. In the laboratories of the Ministry of Aviation experiments for a more proficient fuel are shown,
Industry in Lancashire, and how the reduced demand for cotton goods is being countered by the modernisation of some mills and the conversion of others for enterprises ranging from the rearing
A feature looking at the trawling industry and the lives and work of some Grimsby fishermen, who fish in the Icelandic waters. It begins by showing the "Lord Nelson", one of the latest largest.
A feature looking at the history of Ordnance Survey maps, including some early examples made by cartographers from 300 and 100 years ago. Surveyors are shown at a triangulation station
A film looking at the problem of homelessness in the world, particularly amongst refugees. It concentrates largely on the situation in Pakistan, going into the reasons behind the existence of
The subject of lighting today is explored and a colourful and intriguing survey is given of the people who make light, the people who experiment with light and the people who use light.
