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.[1]
Produced on 35mm film and in Eastmancolor, these ten-minute 'featurettes' melded a light-hearted magazine format with a more in depth documentary approach and depicted aspects of life, mainly in Britain, but sometimes further afield. The films often depicted elements of the 'push button' or 'jet age', demonstrating advances in technology and a reflection on the changing tastes, fashions and trends representative of the so-called 'swinging sixties' era, which were often portrayed in a glossy, vibrant and optimistic way. The films also reported on topical issues that were affecting modern day society such as road safety, civil defence and pollution, and often sought to explain the rapid changes that were taking place in the country in an entertaining and informative narrative. Look at Life also took its cameras abroad to focus on events and affairs within the Commonwealth and British colonies including Aden, Gibraltar and the ever diminishing British controlled areas of Africa. Look at Life cameras were also offered exclusive access behind the Iron Curtain to present life in the Eastern Bloc, particularly in East Berlin and the Soviet Union.
The films were generally narrated in the style typical of newsreel films with a principal voice-over while letting the images tell the story. The narration was generally spoken over the natural sounds of the subject being discussed such as motor traffic or the activities within a workplace and with musical accompaniment. People who were featured in the programmes were seldom heard to speak unless as background sound, their activities and interactions with others generally being commented upon by the narrator. Otherwise the subject of the film or clip would sometimes address the camera directly or perform in a given situation, both in a staged and a scripted manner whereby the narrator could often add a humorous or ironic comment in the context of the subject.
On occasions an expert or professional in the field of the subject such as inventor of the Hovercraft Christopher Cockerell could be watched presenting the film directly to camera and providing the voiceovers. In the most part narration of the films was provided by well known celebrities and presenters of the time including Raymond Baxter, Eamonn Andrews, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Michael Ingrams, Antony Bilbow, Sid James and Martin Jarvis in later editions. However the majority of the films were narrated by actor Tim Turner.
In the early years at the end of each film the caption "Take a Look at Life Again Soon" would appear on screen.
Reception
When the first issue of Look at Life, "Marrakesh" was released in March 1959, it was hailed in the trade journals as an "exciting venture in film journalism" and Rank announced this innovation would have "a more lasting impact than the present ephemeral newsreel content". Look at Life was a popular formula but did become rather frozen in time with its light-hearted presentation and jaunty theme tune and despite subtle changes to the opening titles, their graphics and the introduction of the Rank 'gong' logo at the beginning of later films. Television led audiences into a documentary world that had more grit and less glamour than the relative escapism of the cinema and by 1969 Rank could no longer ensure the survival of the series and the concept waned just as other newsreels and magazine films also available at that time, such as the Pathé Pictorial which was shown on the rival ABC cinema circuit, and as cinema audience continued to decline rapidly on the verge of the 1970s.[2]
Public Releases
Over 500 episodes were produced altogether. Digitally restored from the original film elements, the Look at Life series is now licensed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, previously known on screen as Granada Ventures and distributed by the Network imprint. Many of the films have not been seen in full since their original screenings in the cinemas, although a number of films have been previously released on Super 8 and on DVD in themed categories. These include Look at Life – Swingin' London, which explores elements of contemporary London life, work and traditions and Look at Life – On the Railways, which represented the great changes that were taking place to Britain's railways in the wake of the modernisation programme and the decline of steam. However Network has gradually released box-sets of the films in volumes.
Volume 1: "Transport" is a four disc compilation released in 2010 and contains 54 films on the theme of transport. Look at Life Volume 2: "Military" was released in June 2011, whilst Volume 3: "Science" was released in September 2011.
Two further volumes, Volume 4: "Sport" and Volume 5: "Cultural Heritage", were for release in August and November 2012 respectively. Volume 6: "World Affairs" was released on 1 February 2013. On 10 August 2015, a seventh volume Volume 7: "Business and Industry" was released.
The final 7 disc Volume 8: People and Places presenting a remaining 100 films was released in the spring of 2021.
In November 2012, the series Britain on Film commissioned by BBC Scotland for broadcast on BBC Four began a twenty-part series providing an insight into life in Britain in the 1960s exclusively featuring footage from the Look at Life series. Distributed by ITN Source, a partly owned subsidiary of ITV Plc, each episode features a different aspect of British life and culture during the decade, including the changing role of women and how leisure time was spent including the rising popularity of overseas travel. It is presented with original commentary from the series with captions to provide the contemporary viewer with explanation.[3]
Available on DVD
Volume 1: Transport
Disc 1 (1959–1960)
Date of Feature
Title
Narrator
Synopsis
April 1959
Ticket to Tokyo
E.V.H. Emmett
Travelling with a Britannia Airline from London via Bombay to Tokyo to discover Japan and back via Hong Kong along with the Ocean Liner Arundel Castle.
May 1959
Letting off Steam
Tim Turner
The phasing-out of coal-powered steam and their replacement with oil-powered and electrified trains.
The Chief Test Pilot of East Cowes-based Saunders Roe talks abour hovercraft with the inventor Christopher Cockerell and the recording of the first cross Channel crossing on 25 July 1959.
August 1959
Talking of Coaches
Tim Turner
Life from the back of a coach with a tour of Blackpool and Italy with young Eric.
October 1959
Alpine Rescue
Tim Turner
October 1959
Shopping for a 'Queen'
Tim Turner
Replenishing the Queen Elizabeth, the 83,000-ton liner, before her next voyage.
November 1959
Sailing the Sky
Tim Turner
December 1959
Driving Test
Tim Turner
Driving school tuition, including the innovative mock-up car with moving lights, cars for disabled people, the junior driver course at Grammar schools and the training of police drivers and London Bus drivers.
January 1960
Shape of a Ship
Tim Turner
Building ocean liners such as the Canberra and how their shape is changing plus a review of the slump affecting cargo shipping and the exciting future of air freight.
February 1960
Air Hostess
Tim Turner
Following the perceived glamorous life of 24-year-old airline hostess Pat Rossiter on her working day on an 11-hour flight to Rome and Benghazi
March 1960
Taxi! Taxi!!
Tim Turner
Looking at the organisation behind London's taxis, their maintenance, regulation of meters, training for "The Knowledge" to picking up passengers and driver welfare.
April 1960
All Through the Night
Tim Turner
Disc 2 (1960–1963)
Date of Feature
Title
Narrator
Synopsis
April 1960
Over and Under
Tim Turner
Painting the Forth Bridge and a look at modern bridge-building including temporary bridges. Reflecting on past bridge successes and future methods of construction.
A look at traffic controls in West Germany and their autobahns and how Britain can learn as they build miles of new motorway including the new Hammersmith Flyover.
April 1962
Scooter Commuter
Tim Turner
Amidst the jams, In ten years, the number of scooters on British Roads has increased from 4,250 to over 470,000, and the convenience of "Corgi" style bikes.
May 1962
Sea Horses
Tim Turner
Featuring tugboats.
September 1962
So They all Hover Now
Tim Turner
For passenger services, Trucks, barrows and even stretchers and how the declining ship yards of Clydeside are adapting to hovercraft use. Featuring the SR.N2.
September 1962
The Village Sleeps Again
Tim Turner
The arguments for and against building by-passes, featuring Transport Minister Ernest Marples, how these can be built through many urban areas, how objections to new routes can be overcome and what effect they are having on previously swamped towns and villages.
The railways are changing, with coal-powered steam being phased out and replaced by diesel engines by 1972. Crowds pay their respects to the Flying Scotsman's last departure from Kings Cross as it is replaced by a 33-horsepower diesel. The network is being modernised by new signalling, longer continuous track on concrete sleepers and flyovers, and controversial closures of lines.
June 1963
The Car Has Wings
Tim Turner
Cars are carried through tunnels, on ferries, over the new Forth Road Bridge, by train, air ferry and possibly by hovercraft in the future.
June 1963
Vintage Models
Raymond Baxter
Meeting the veteran car enthusiast and looking at the restoration of vintage vehicles with a visit to National Motor Museum, Beaulieu Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest, the high-speed trials at Silverstone and the famous London to Brighton run
July 1963
Pilot Aboard
August 1963
Where No Tide Flows
Disc 3 (1963–1965)
Date of Feature
Title
Narrator
Synopsis
November 1963
High, Wide and Faster
December 1963
Oil Aboard
December 1963
Report on a River
Following the River Thames from its source in Gloucestershire to the Port of London, which is modernising services and keep traffic moving.
December 1963
Europe Grows Together
An urgent look at Britain's links with the Continent.
April 1964
Turn of the Wheel
May 1964
City of Air
London Airport, with a focus on BOAC and BEA airlines.
August 1964
Behind the Ton-Up Boys
A reflection on the nearly two million motorcyclists in Britain.
The increasing number of private planes and helicopters in Britain's airspace.
February 1965
The Spirit of Brooklands
The story of the Surrey motor racing circuit.
April 1965
Weather Adviser
May 1965
What Price Safety?
September 1965
Down in the Dumps
Disc 4 (1965–1969)
Date of Feature
Title
Narrator
Synopsis
November 1965
Cats of the Sea
Catamarans
March 1966
Breaking the Ice
Looking at the icebreakers which keep shipping routes open.
December 1966
Skimming through the Sixties
Revisiting the Hovercraft and how it has been evolving.
December 1966
The Big Take-Off
Britain's aircraft industry
March 1967
Lighter than Air
Going up in a hot air balloon.
May 1967
Just an Accident
Roadway deaths
May 1967
Scrambling for It
The motor sport which is attracting thousands of followers.
June 1967
The Straights of Dover
A closer look at the 750 ships that pass through the five-mile wide shipping channel every day.
August 1967
Where Do You Leave the Boat?
The problems of where to keep pleasure boats as more are built.
October 1967
Pushing the Bike
The impact of the bicycle on the world today.
December 1967
Playing Trains
Steam locomotives on unprofitable branch lines.
September 1968
The City's for Living In
A response to the Buchanan Report with a focus on Bath and Norwich as to how British cities face the danger of the impact of traffic on the environment.
^"Look at Life: Volume Two - Military". Amazon UK.
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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 1 Look at LifeNarrated byTim Turner and othersProductioncompanyRank OrganisationRelease date1959 1969Running time8 minutes or more on averageCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Presentation 2 Reception 3 Public Releases 4 Available on DVD 4 1 Volume 1 Transport 4 1 1 Disc 1 1959 1960 4 1 2 Disc 2 1960 1963 4 1 3 Disc 3 1963 1965 4 1 4 Disc 4 1965 1969 4 2 Volume 2 Military 4 2 1 Disc 1 1960 1961 4 2 2 Disc 2 1961 1964 4 2 3 Disc 3 1964 1969 4 3 Volume 3 Science 4 3 1 Disc 1 1959 1963 4 3 2 Disc 2 1963 1964 4 3 3 Disc 3 1964 1969 4 4 Volume 4 Sport 4 4 1 Disc 1 4 4 2 Disc 2 4 4 3 Disc 3 4 5 Volume 5 Cultural Heritage 4 5 1 Disc 1 4 5 2 Disc 2 4 5 3 Disc 3 4 5 4 Disc 4 4 6 Volume 6 World Affairs 4 6 1 Disc 1 4 6 2 Disc 2 4 6 3 Disc 3 4 6 4 Disc 4 4 6 5 Disc 5 4 7 Volume 7 Business and Industry 4 7 1 Disc 1 4 7 2 Disc 2 4 7 3 Disc 3 4 8 Volume 8 People and Places 4 8 1 Disc 1 4 8 2 Disc 2 4 8 3 Disc 3 4 8 4 Disc 4 4 8 5 Disc 5 4 8 6 Disc 6 4 8 7 Disc 7 5 ReferencesPresentation EditProduced on 35mm film and in Eastmancolor these ten minute featurettes melded a light hearted magazine format with a more in depth documentary approach and depicted aspects of life mainly in Britain but sometimes further afield The films often depicted elements of the push button or jet age demonstrating advances in technology and a reflection on the changing tastes fashions and trends representative of the so called swinging sixties era which were often portrayed in a glossy vibrant and optimistic way The films also reported on topical issues that were affecting modern day society such as road safety civil defence and pollution and often sought to explain the rapid changes that were taking place in the country in an entertaining and informative narrative Look at Life also took its cameras abroad to focus on events and affairs within the Commonwealth and British colonies including Aden Gibraltar and the ever diminishing British controlled areas of Africa Look at Life cameras were also offered exclusive access behind the Iron Curtain to present life in the Eastern Bloc particularly in East Berlin and the Soviet Union The films were generally narrated in the style typical of newsreel films with a principal voice over while letting the images tell the story The narration was generally spoken over the natural sounds of the subject being discussed such as motor traffic or the activities within a workplace and with musical accompaniment People who were featured in the programmes were seldom heard to speak unless as background sound their activities and interactions with others generally being commented upon by the narrator Otherwise the subject of the film or clip would sometimes address the camera directly or perform in a given situation both in a staged and a scripted manner whereby the narrator could often add a humorous or ironic comment in the context of the subject On occasions an expert or professional in the field of the subject such as inventor of the Hovercraft Christopher Cockerell could be watched presenting the film directly to camera and providing the voiceovers In the most part narration of the films was provided by well known celebrities and presenters of the time including Raymond Baxter Eamonn Andrews Wynford Vaughan Thomas Michael Ingrams Antony Bilbow Sid James and Martin Jarvis in later editions However the majority of the films were narrated by actor Tim Turner In the early years at the end of each film the caption Take a Look at Life Again Soon would appear on screen Reception EditWhen the first issue of Look at Life Marrakesh was released in March 1959 it was hailed in the trade journals as an exciting venture in film journalism and Rank announced this innovation would have a more lasting impact than the present ephemeral newsreel content Look at Life was a popular formula but did become rather frozen in time with its light hearted presentation and jaunty theme tune and despite subtle changes to the opening titles their graphics and the introduction of the Rank gong logo at the beginning of later films Television led audiences into a documentary world that had more grit and less glamour than the relative escapism of the cinema and by 1969 Rank could no longer ensure the survival of the series and the concept waned just as other newsreels and magazine films also available at that time such as the Pathe Pictorial which was shown on the rival ABC cinema circuit and as cinema audience continued to decline rapidly on the verge of the 1970s 2 Public Releases EditOver 500 episodes were produced altogether Digitally restored from the original film elements the Look at Life series is now licensed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment previously known on screen as Granada Ventures and distributed by the Network imprint Many of the films have not been seen in full since their original screenings in the cinemas although a number of films have been previously released on Super 8 and on DVD in themed categories These include Look at Life Swingin London which explores elements of contemporary London life work and traditions and Look at Life On the Railways which represented the great changes that were taking place to Britain s railways in the wake of the modernisation programme and the decline of steam However Network has gradually released box sets of the films in volumes Volume 1 Transport is a four disc compilation released in 2010 and contains 54 films on the theme of transport Look at Life Volume 2 Military was released in June 2011 whilst Volume 3 Science was released in September 2011 Two further volumes Volume 4 Sport and Volume 5 Cultural Heritage were for release in August and November 2012 respectively Volume 6 World Affairs was released on 1 February 2013 On 10 August 2015 a seventh volume Volume 7 Business and Industry was released The final 7 disc Volume 8 People and Places presenting a remaining 100 films was released in the spring of 2021 In November 2012 the series Britain on Film commissioned by BBC Scotland for broadcast on BBC Four began a twenty part series providing an insight into life in Britain in the 1960s exclusively featuring footage from the Look at Life series Distributed by ITN Source a partly owned subsidiary of ITV Plc each episode features a different aspect of British life and culture during the decade including the changing role of women and how leisure time was spent including the rising popularity of overseas travel It is presented with original commentary from the series with captions to provide the contemporary viewer with explanation 3 Available on DVD EditVolume 1 Transport Edit Disc 1 1959 1960 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisApril 1959 Ticket to Tokyo E V H Emmett Travelling with a Britannia Airline from London via Bombay to Tokyo to discover Japan and back via Hong Kong along with the Ocean Liner Arundel Castle May 1959 Letting off Steam Tim Turner The phasing out of coal powered steam and their replacement with oil powered and electrified trains May 1959 New Roads for Old Tim Turner A look at new roads such as the London to Yorkshire motorway Preston By pass Runcorn Bridge and works around London including the gyratory system at Marble Arch underpass at Hyde Park Corner road widening at Elephant and Castle and the new Chiswick Flyover August 1959 Flight on a Cushion Peter Lamb Christopher Cockerell Tim Turner The Chief Test Pilot of East Cowes based Saunders Roe talks abour hovercraft with the inventor Christopher Cockerell and the recording of the first cross Channel crossing on 25 July 1959 August 1959 Talking of Coaches Tim Turner Life from the back of a coach with a tour of Blackpool and Italy with young Eric October 1959 Alpine Rescue Tim TurnerOctober 1959 Shopping for a Queen Tim Turner Replenishing the Queen Elizabeth the 83 000 ton liner before her next voyage November 1959 Sailing the Sky Tim TurnerDecember 1959 Driving Test Tim Turner Driving school tuition including the innovative mock up car with moving lights cars for disabled people the junior driver course at Grammar schools and the training of police drivers and London Bus drivers January 1960 Shape of a Ship Tim Turner Building ocean liners such as the Canberra and how their shape is changing plus a review of the slump affecting cargo shipping and the exciting future of air freight February 1960 Air Hostess Tim Turner Following the perceived glamorous life of 24 year old airline hostess Pat Rossiter on her working day on an 11 hour flight to Rome and BenghaziMarch 1960 Taxi Taxi Tim Turner Looking at the organisation behind London s taxis their maintenance regulation of meters training for The Knowledge to picking up passengers and driver welfare April 1960 All Through the Night Tim TurnerDisc 2 1960 1963 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisApril 1960 Over and Under Tim Turner Painting the Forth Bridge and a look at modern bridge building including temporary bridges Reflecting on past bridge successes and future methods of construction July 1960 Horse power Riders Tim Turner The Royal Corp Signals demonstrate motorcycle safety techniques Following The AA and RAC in their training programmes supported by RoSPA and over to the Isle of Man TT to visit winner John Surtees March 1962 Eyes of the Law Raymond Baxter A look at traffic controls in West Germany and their autobahns and how Britain can learn as they build miles of new motorway including the new Hammersmith Flyover April 1962 Scooter Commuter Tim Turner Amidst the jams In ten years the number of scooters on British Roads has increased from 4 250 to over 470 000 and the convenience of Corgi style bikes May 1962 Sea Horses Tim Turner Featuring tugboats September 1962 So They all Hover Now Tim Turner For passenger services Trucks barrows and even stretchers and how the declining ship yards of Clydeside are adapting to hovercraft use Featuring the SR N2 September 1962 The Village Sleeps Again Tim Turner The arguments for and against building by passes featuring Transport Minister Ernest Marples how these can be built through many urban areas how objections to new routes can be overcome and what effect they are having on previously swamped towns and villages January 1963 Birdmen Tim Turner Puffin designed and built by instructors and students of the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School April 1963 Draw the Fires Tim Turner The railways are changing with coal powered steam being phased out and replaced by diesel engines by 1972 Crowds pay their respects to the Flying Scotsman s last departure from Kings Cross as it is replaced by a 33 horsepower diesel The network is being modernised by new signalling longer continuous track on concrete sleepers and flyovers and controversial closures of lines June 1963 The Car Has Wings Tim Turner Cars are carried through tunnels on ferries over the new Forth Road Bridge by train air ferry and possibly by hovercraft in the future June 1963 Vintage Models Raymond Baxter Meeting the veteran car enthusiast and looking at the restoration of vintage vehicles with a visit to National Motor Museum Beaulieu Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest the high speed trials at Silverstone and the famous London to Brighton runJuly 1963 Pilot AboardAugust 1963 Where No Tide FlowsDisc 3 1963 1965 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisNovember 1963 High Wide and FasterDecember 1963 Oil AboardDecember 1963 Report on a River Following the River Thames from its source in Gloucestershire to the Port of London which is modernising services and keep traffic moving December 1963 Europe Grows Together An urgent look at Britain s links with the Continent April 1964 Turn of the WheelMay 1964 City of Air London Airport with a focus on BOAC and BEA airlines August 1964 Behind the Ton Up Boys A reflection on the nearly two million motorcyclists in Britain August 1964 Going Places Under Water The world s first underwater sightseeing bus November 1964 Living with Cars Includes footage from London and Cumbernauld December 1964 Flying to Work The increasing number of private planes and helicopters in Britain s airspace February 1965 The Spirit of Brooklands The story of the Surrey motor racing circuit April 1965 Weather AdviserMay 1965 What Price Safety September 1965 Down in the DumpsDisc 4 1965 1969 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisNovember 1965 Cats of the Sea CatamaransMarch 1966 Breaking the Ice Looking at the icebreakers which keep shipping routes open December 1966 Skimming through the Sixties Revisiting the Hovercraft and how it has been evolving December 1966 The Big Take Off Britain s aircraft industryMarch 1967 Lighter than Air Going up in a hot air balloon May 1967 Just an Accident Roadway deathsMay 1967 Scrambling for It The motor sport which is attracting thousands of followers June 1967 The Straights of Dover A closer look at the 750 ships that pass through the five mile wide shipping channel every day August 1967 Where Do You Leave the Boat The problems of where to keep pleasure boats as more are built October 1967 Pushing the Bike The impact of the bicycle on the world today December 1967 Playing Trains Steam locomotives on unprofitable branch lines September 1968 The City s for Living In A response to the Buchanan Report with a focus on Bath and Norwich as to how British cities face the danger of the impact of traffic on the environment March 1969 All in a Day s WorkMarch 1969 A Load of PheasantsVolume 2 Military Edit Disc 1 1960 1961 Edit Date of Feature 4 Title Narrator Synopsis 5 1960 The Black Arrows Tim Turner The acrobatic team Treble One Squadron1960 Ceremonial Soldier Sentries at Buckingham Palace1960 Soldier Abroad Tim Turner 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in West Germany1960 Under the Rocket Tim Turner1960 Thunder in Waiting Tim Turner1960 A Piece of Cake Tim Turner Parachute Regiment1960 Return to Arms Tim Turner West German army 1960 Submarine Tim Turner1961 The Rocket Age Lancers Tim Turner 9th Queen s Royal Lancers1961 Air Umbrella Lockheed F 104 Starfighter1960 Flight Deck Tim Turner Aircraft carriers1961 Pipeline Tim Turner1961 Girls Ahoy John Witty Women s Royal Naval Service1961 Survival Tim Turner Survival techniques1961 Muscle Men Tim TurnerDisc 2 1961 1964 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1961 Action This Day1961 Char and Wad Navy Army and Air Force Institutes1962 Test Pilot English Electric Lightning1962 Rendered Safe Bomb disposal1962 The Last Battleship HMS Vanguard1962 Amphibian Amphibious military craft1962 Turning Blades Helicopters1962 Plumbing the Depths Surveying at sea1962 Golden Wings Aircraft overview1962 The Black Watch Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother visits the Black Watch1963 Girls of the Air Women s Royal Air Force1963 The Sky s the Limit Aerobatics1964 Forward March British Army infantrymen1964 Doctor on Call Flying doctor service1964 Trouble Shooters Royal MarinesDisc 3 1964 1969 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1964 Under One Umbrella The MOD1964 The Price of Valour Victoria Cross1964 The Jet Folk United States Third Air Force1964 Drummers of the Queen Junior Guardsmen s Company1965 The Flying Soldier Army helicopter training1965 The Cherry Pickers 11th Hussars1965 Jumping Jets The RAF Hawker Siddeley Kestrel1966 Air Lift RAF Transport Command1966 Down to Earth1966 East of Suez1966 School for Skymen Royal Air Force College Cranwell1967 Moving Day Moving NATO headquarters to Belgium1967 Free Fall RAF Falcons1968 Jumping For Joy Royal Green Jackets Skydiving Team1969 Underwater Menace World War II underwater mines and debrisVolume 3 Science Edit Disc 1 1959 1963 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis 6 1959 Follow the Stars E V H Emmett A Marriage is Arranged E V H Emmett1960 Channel Tunnel Tim Turner1960 Healing Hands1960 Testing Time Tim Turner1960 Making a Meal Out of It Tim Turner1961 Press Button Age Tim Turner1961 Flood Tide Tim Turner1961 Men With Ideas1961 Mystery of a Fish1962 Rockets Away 1962 The Little Menace1962 Trouble on Oily Waters1962 Any Old Iron 1963 Caught in the ColdDisc 2 1963 1964 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1963 Figure it Out1963 Keeping Clean1963 The Destroyers1963 Back Room of the Sky1963 People of Power1963 Second Chance1963 Key of the Door1963 You Can t Catch Much from a Fish1963 Men Under Pressure1964 Fings are Getting Smaller1964 Salute the Engineer1964 So Much Flattery 1964 Having a Baby1964 Power Needs No Passport1964 Wealth Under the SeaDisc 3 1964 1969 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1964 By Bread Alone1965 Frontiers of Medicine1965 Sugaring the Pill1965 Beating the Racket1965 Will Taps Run Dry 1966 Treading on the Gas1966 Boxes of Tricks1966 The Givers1967 What Price Ideas 1967 Cleaning People1967 Press Button Farms1967 Keeping Tabs on Space1968 Brain Drain1968 North Sea Commuters1969 Their Lifeline The NileVolume 4 Sport Edit Disc 1 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1959 Jumping to Aintree E V H EmmettDerby DayKings of SpeedMaking an EffortPony TaleFour Men DownTen Pins DownSmashing ThroughSolent Saturday1960 Saturday Fever Cliff MichelmoreOut for a CatchAgainst the ClockMan into FishSki FeverDisc 2 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1961 The Ball at His Feet Kenneth WolstenholmeA Hundred Thousand OarsmenSnow BusinessRiding it RoughTarget The StadiumFlight of FancyGetting WetSee How They Jump It s a GambleQueue for the TeeIn the KartOver My ShoulderWomen with LeisureRulers of RacingDisc 3 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisWinning the Hard WayBookies at the CrossroadsHow Do You Swing Living on SkisCricket on TestRoom at the Top Out of a Bomb SiteBehind the World CupOver the SticksSea RidersRacing to the StartWhite Water CraftSingle Handed SailorsIt s Odds on the FishVolume 5 Cultural Heritage Edit Disc 1 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisA Dog s Life UncreditedDown London River Tim TurnerCoffee Bar UncreditedGarden of Tomorrow Roy HayHarvest of Hops Tim TurnerIsland of Men Tim TurnerTop People Tim TurnerRebirth of a City Tim TurnerShopping by the Ton Tim TurnerTowns By Design Wynford Vaughan ThomasFairs Please Tim TurnerRinging the Changes UncreditedHyde Park Corner Tim TurnerThe Big Blow Tim TurnerWoman Power Stephen PotterArt Is A Business Tim TurnerDisc 2 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisCounting Heads Antony BilbowLooking for NothingThe Dance of Life1961 Why All the Rush Tim TurnerOn the Map Tim TurnerChickens in the MillTreasure HousesState OccasionsDown in the ForestMeet the MayorUnder Your FeetThe Silent ChangeSignposts of the SeaThe City s Built for ShootingNew UniversitiesRag TimeDisc 3 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisMarket DayThey Learn as They SeeJazz All the WayIsland RefugeHoliday CampsSound of a CitySaving a HeritageThe Way of ReckoningLady by the SeaEarly StartersBut Not on a SundayThe Things They SellBoys Without GirlsMembers OnlyCity of SailorsWhy Drown Yourself Disc 4 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisIn the LiveryThe Needles Point the WayCrisis in the CathedralThe Tower of BabbleOn Tape for TomorrowThe Abbey BackstageThe Shape of ThingsThe Churchill PilgrimageHigh and DryIN GearHidden TreasureGoodbye PiccadillyChange at the TowerThe SpoilersQueue for GardensIn the Honours ListVolume 6 World Affairs Edit Disc 1 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis 7 1959 Marrakesh E V H Emmett1959 The Divided City Tim Turner1959 Operation Noah s Ark George Cansdale1960 Seaway Uncredited1960 Village of Violins Uncredited1960 Gibraltar s New Day Tim Turner1960 The Wind of Change Tim Turner1960 Power for Africa Tim Turner1961 Rolling out from Rio Tim Turner1961 Lady of Japan Antony Bilbow1961 Flags over the Temples Antony Bilbow1961 City of Crisis John Witty1962 A Problem of People Tim Turner1962 Eagle s Nest Tim TurnerDisc 2 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1962 The Maple has New Leaves Gordon Tanner1962 Chasing the Dragon Tim Turner1962 The Trail leads Upwards Tim Turner1962 G H Q Middle East Tim Turner1962 The Wall Tim Turner1962 Out of the Sun Tim Turner1962 Common Market John Snagge1962 The Changing River Tim Turner1962 Millions on the March Brian Connell1962 Call from the Wild Peter Scott1963 Out of the Bush Tim Turner1963 Men of the Woods Tim Turner1963 Forging New Links Tim Turner1963 Gypsy Holiday Tim Turner1963 Pick of the Bunch Tim TurnerDisc 3 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1964 The New Australians Tim Turner1964 Men of the Snowy Tim Turner1964 Singapore is Youth Tim Turner1964 Off the Sheep s Back Tim Turner1964 Constant Hot Water Tim Turner1964 Tide on the Turn Tim Turner1964 Malta Milestone Tim Turner1965 Women at Sea Tim Turner1965 James Bond s Island Peter Hawkins1965 Volunteers for Service Tim Turner1965 Men Against the Sea Tim Turner1966 The Curtain Changes John Snagge1966 On Top of the World Tim Turner1966 Swedish Pattern Michael Ingrams1966 Market by the Danube Roger WessonDisc 4 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1966 The Beach Peter Duval Smith1966 Face Lift Tim Turner1966 Incas in bowler hats Tim Turner1966 One in Six Tim Turner1966 An Island Awakes Tim Turner1966 City of all Nations Tim Turner1966 The Six come closer Tim Turner1966 Jobs where you like Tim Turner1966 Pipeline to plenty Tim Turner1967 End of a Polish march Tim Turner1967 Once upon a time John Witty1967 Living on a volcano Tim Turner1967 Chinatown Michael IngramsDisc 5 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis1967 Inside Russia 1 Fifty Michael Ingrams1967 Inside Russia 2 The Heiresses Michael Ingrams1967 Inside Russia 3 Childhood Antony Bilbow1967 Inside Russia 4 The Woken Land Michael Ingrams1968 Winter Blossoms John Westbrook1968 Man of the Desert Uncredited1968 Something new under Everest Michael Ingrams1968 A new shade of red Michael Ingrams1968 Coming of Age Michael Ingrams1968 Home is Tibet Michael Ingrams1968 The Sinking City Martin Jarvis1968 Escape into Riches Michael Ingrams1969 In the shadow of the Wall Tim Brinton1969 After the Queen s visit Duncan Carse1969 Look at Man Martin JarvisVolume 7 Business and Industry Edit Disc 1 Edit Date Title Narrator Synopsis 8 Market Place Sidney James Street marketsA Car Is Born Bill Hartley British car industrySaving Face The beauty businessMoney Talks Tim Turner MoneyDown on the Farm Tim Turner FarmingBottle Party Tim Turner BottlesUnder the Hammer Tim Turner AuctionsA Year for a Day Tim TurnerRoman Invasion Tim TurnerOn The Mark Tim Turner Guns and shootingShares in To morrow Antony Bilbow Stock exchangesShelling Out Tim Turner ShellfishWhat A Pet Tim Turner PetsIce Age John Witty IceAnd So To Bed Antony Bilbow The mattressComing Sir Tim Turner The hotel industryTulip Town Antony Bilbow The town of Spalding1961 For the Record Jean Metcalfe How Helen Shapiro s 1961 hit Walkin Back to Happiness was recorded pressed and distributed Jobs with a Thrill Tim TurnerRoses All The Way Antony BilbowDisc 2 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisEverything Stops For Tea Tim TurnerLights Up Tim TurnerFish and Ships Tim TurnerThe Hat Trick David NixonAt the End of a Rope Tim TurnerPictures Tell the Story Tim TurnerThe Box on the Wall Tim TurnerCrowning Glory Tim TurnerRising to High Office Tim TurnerThe Trade Winds Blow Antony BilbowGlamour Gets a Passport Tim TurnerA Pinch of Salt Tim TurnerSilver s New Shine Tim TurnerThe Golden West Tim TurnerFor Crying Out Loud Tim TurnerStone Age Tim TurnerUps and Downs Tim TurnerSpuds Galore Tim TurnerMoney in the Slot Tim Turner1964 The Other Film World Tim TurnerDisc 3 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisLaying The Table Tim TurnerNew Hands on the Farm Tim TurnerDown Town Michael IngramsFarming For Fish Tim TurnerPutting More Beef into It Tim TurnerThe Sweet Life Tim TurnerLiving on Smoke Tim TurnerCover Story Michael Ingrams Paperback booksEvening Paper Tim TurnerMusic by the Mile Tim TurnerHome Tomorrow Michael IngramsRoll Out The Barrel Tim TurnerThe Hidden Strength Tim TurnerPutting up a Show Tim Turner1967 Put to the Test Michael Ingrams1967 Put Out The Flags Tim Turner The uses and making of flags1967 On The Scent Tim Turner1967 Hopping Along Martin Jarvis Kent hop pickers1968 Top Chef Eugene Kaufeler Chef Eugene Kaufeler of London s Dorchester Hotel1968 Can you read this Michael Ingrams Literacy in BritainVolume 8 People and Places Edit Disc 1 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisCause for Alarm Tim TurnerDustmen s Day Sidney James amp Michael HendersonLet s Go DancingRunning DryModel WorldStudent NurseIn the SwimSafe in a BoatGlamour GirlsI Protest Brains UnlimitedWheel PowerKeeping FitAll Their Own WorkHoliday With PayWomen in GreenUp to ScratchDisc 2 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisGoing to BlazesHigh TensionMatch MakersBattle of the BulgePrison on WheelsControlled LandingMen in the ModeHigh RiseRelax Relax A Girl s Best FriendEarning Their KeepGetting a Move OnThe Cinema Steps OutOne Horse PowerA Clean SweepIn Good ShapeBlue StreakDisc 3 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator Synopsis Through GlassBeauty and the RestIsland at the CrossroadsThe Greatest of These As Good as GoldRolling HomeDigging Up the PastChairboundGlorious MudInstant HomesDo it YourselfWho Wants a Statue Donkey WorkWhat s on the Roof Calling the TuneKeeping in TouchCrossing the ChannelDisc 4 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisTax HavenOne for the RoadOld School TieBlood and FirePutting on a ActTails of the LawCool CatsA Policeman s LotYou re Under InspectionAnything to Declare When the Debs Come OutA New Deal for DeerAway from the BlackboardA Fair CopJobs for DogsInside JobsFire Over LondonDisc 5 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisClearway for ShipsAfter Harold FellSpace for AdventureWith the LionsLoads for RoadsThings Out of SpaceLook No Hands Topping OutEating HighNo Place Like HomeWay Out WestOut of the RainbowThe Hair SetTaking the WatersCollector s PiecesFunny Business is No JokeIn For a FastDisc 6 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisWho Needs Eel Pie Coming to TermsArk in the SkyBooming Good WishesGardens to OrderPulling the StringsMurder BagSo Much Hot AirLittle Orphan AnnieOut of the InnGun DogsMini and ModStuck on StampsThe Big SellHigh LivingThe Throwaway SocietySome of My Best Friends are People Disc 7 Edit Date of Feature Title Narrator SynopsisThere Ought to be a Law There is City DogsOn the MeterPainting PeopleThe Ganges Might Lead AnywhereSwitch On at SevenHot HistoryWhere Have All The Butterflies Gone Watch on the CoastSouthern MiracleModel GirlGold in the MudLink UpBronze Silver and GoldSaturday SpecialReferences Edit Films by Movie Mail UK Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 Retrieved 10 February 2013 Look at Life BUFVC Retrieved 6 July 2016 Farber Alex 11 October 2012 BBC4 takes a trip a down memory lane to 60s Britain Broadcast Retrieved 19 January 2022 BFI org Look at Life Volume Two Military Amazon UK Network ON AIR gt Look at Life Volume 3 Science Archived from the original on 6 August 2013 Retrieved 20 February 2013 Network ON AIR gt Look at Life 6 World Affairs Archived from the original on 1 November 2013 Retrieved 6 October 2013 Network ON AIR gt Look at Life networkonair com Archived from the original on 11 July 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Look at Life film series amp oldid 1122820069, 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