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Look at Life

Season 1965

  • Thames Television
  • 10m
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which over 500 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.

38 episodes

Season Premiere

1965x01 Jumping Jets

Season Premiere

1965x01 Jumping Jets

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The revolutionary vertical take-off capacity of the RAF Kestrel.

Machines are playing an increasing part not only in the treatment of disease, but also in helping to find out the causes of illness.

1965x03 Sugaring the Pill

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Large numbers of pills are consumed every year; this film takes a look at the growth of the pharmaceutical industry.

1965x04 Beating the Racket

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A look at what is being done to reduce noise levels.

1965x05 Will Taps Run Dry?

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Much of Britain faces a water shortage every year. This film reveals the complex business of ensuring that the taps don’t run dry.

The story of the Surrey motor racing circuit.

1965x07 Weather Adviser

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How special ships maintain a constant watch on the weather, whatever the conditions.

1965x08 What Price Safety?

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A look at what is being done to make cars and roads safer.

1965x09 Down in the Dumps

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How the problem of dumped cars is being addressed.

1965x10 Cats of the Sea

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The thrill of sailing catamarans.

1965x11 The Flying Soldier

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A look at helicopter training within the British Army.

1965x12 The Cherry-Pickers

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Following the 11th Hussars from Hanover to Coburg.

1965x13 Women at Sea

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A look at the various seafaring jobs for women – from work on the great passenger liners, to merchant navies.

A look at post-independence Jamaica, and the country’s hope to gain a firm footing in the modern world.

Part of the contribution made by Britain to assist newly independent countries in increasing their skills and knowledge

1965x16 Men Against the Sea

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For centuries the Dutch have fought against the sea: this film looks at the delta plan – a spectacular sea-defence scheme.

1965x17 Winning the Hard Way

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A look at our amateur athletics, and also the need for better faclilities and coaching.

A look at the future of Britain's bookmakers.

1965x19 How do you Swing?

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How research into the golfer's swing is progressing.

1965x20 Living on Skis

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A look at skiing in Norway - part of the Norwegian way of life.

1965x21 Cricket on Test

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From the village green to Lord's, this film enters the world of cricket to look at the problems it faces.

1965x22 Market Day

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Taking a look at the British country market, and the problems it is facing.

Schoolchildren in Britain learn by going to see things for themselves, not simply by classroom instruction. Foreign trips, geography from the air and visits to historical sites all play their part.

1965x24 Jazz All the Way

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The Look at Life cameras visit the outdoor festival at Cleethorpes to see 12 top jazz bands.

1965x25 Island Refuge

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The island Skomer off the Pembrokeshire coast is one of Britain's many wildlife havens. This film details the work of warder Daivd Saunders and his family.

1965x26 Holiday Camps

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The holiday camp is a social phenomenon that has spread far beyond the British Isles. Look at Life explores the rang of amenities on offer.

1965x27 Sound of a City

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Against the background of the Swinging Blue Jeans, this film looks at how the Merseybeat groups revolutionised pop music in Britain and beyond.

1965x28 Saving a Heritage

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A report on the National Trust an what it is doing to save our national heritage.

1965x29 The Way of Reckoning

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A film detailing the change-over fom the Imperial to the Metric system of weights and measures.

1965x30 Laying the Table

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Over centuries dining has become an art and this film shows how modern design is challenging the look of the table today, with new shapes in pottery, glass and cutlery.

A trip down to the farm to look at the new machinery that is being used.

1965x32 Down Town

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Taking a look at new designs for shopping centres and the ways in which they differ from our old shopping streets.

1965x33 Putting on a Act

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Survey of the work in amateur theatricals and examples of leading amateur companies.

1965x34 Tails of the Law

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Study of the training of police dogs, their handlers, and their contribution to police work.

1965x35 Cool Cats

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A look at cats of all breeds, including the fashionable Siamese, which alone is not on the decrease as a household pet in Britain.

1965x36 A Policeman's Lot

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A feature on the life and work of Dave Stuart, a London policeman, based at a new police station in Albany Street, whose patch fringes on the Regent's Park area.

Study of the contribution of inspectors to daily life of weights and measures, food and drink, children and animals.

1965x38 Anything to Declare?

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The wide ranging activities of H.M. Customs and Excise include checking ships, planes and freight entering Britain, collecting duty on beers and spirits, registering seamen, disposing of wrecks and taking into custody any washed up whales, sturgeons and porpoises.

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