Look at Life

Episode 2

Follow The Stars

Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.

Episode 3

The Doctor Suggests

Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.

Episode 4

A Marriage Is Arranged

Episode 5

Jumping To Aintree

Episode 6

Ticket To Tokyo

Episode 7

Letting Off Steam

Episode 8

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

Episode 9

Market Place

Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.

Episode 10

Cause For Alarm

Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.

Episode 11

New Roads For Old

Episode 12

A Car Is Born

Episode 13

Saving Face

A look at the cosmetics industry.

Episode 14

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

Episode 15

Operation Noah’s Ark

Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.

Episode 16

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

Episode 17

Coffee Bar

Coffee bars and their clientele.

Episode 18

Garden Of Tomorrow

A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.

Episode 19

Derby Day

A look at the tradition of Derby Day.

Episode 20

Money Talks

A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.

Episode 21

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.

Episode 22

Talking Of Coaches

A look at the advances in coach travel.

Episode 23

Seaway

The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.

Episode 24

Kings Of Speed

A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.

Episode 25

Making An Effort

Episode 26

Village Of Violins

The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.

Episode 27

The Black Arrows

Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.

Episode 28

Ceremonial Soldier

A day in the life of a guardsman.

Episode 29

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

Episode 30

Down On The Farm

The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.

Episode 31

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.

Episode 32

Channel Tunnel

The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.

Episode 33

Harvest of Hops

The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.

Episode 34

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.

Episode 35

Sailing The Sky

The sport of gliding.

Episode 36

Dustmen’s Day

The collection of refuse and its disposal.

Episode 37

Let’s Go Dancing

A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.

Episode 38

Soldier Abroad

The British Army on the Rhine.

Episode 39

Island Of Men

A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.

Episode 40

Bullfighter

Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.