Overview of 'Look at Life' Season 3

Look at Life (1959)

Documentary

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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The Rank Organisation

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Release Date: 1959-01-01
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

8.0/10

Language: English

Season 3 Episode List

Episode 91 - Hyde Park Corner
Release Date: 1961-01-01
The planning and progress of work on the new road scheme and underpass at Hyde Prak Corner and Marble Arch.
Episode 92 - Flight Deck
Release Date: 1961-01-08
Deals with the aircraft carrier "Hermes".
Episode 93 - Up To Scratch
Release Date: 1961-01-15
Sidney James commentating on fleas and elephants in the circus.
Episode 94 - Press-Button Age
Release Date: 1961-01-22
Survey of the revolution in farm machinery which leads to automated farming, enabling a farmer to operate his farm almost single-handed.
Episode 95 - On The Mark
Release Date: 1961-01-29
Looks at the production and testing of guns and their use on moors, ranges and in the various shooting sports.
Episode 96 - Pipeline
Release Date: 1961-02-05
The various uses of mid-air refuelling.
Episode 97 - Against The Clock
Release Date: 1961-02-12
The sport of rally car driving.
Episode 98 - Man Into Fish
Release Date: 1961-02-19
The film covers the training, both above and below the surface of the sea with aqualung divers.
Episode 99 - Rolling Out From Rio
Release Date: 1961-02-26
The building of Brazil’s new capital city - Brasilia.
Episode 100 - Shares In Tomorrow
Release Date: 1961-03-05
Deals with the working of the Stock Exchange.
Episode 101 - The Big Blow
Release Date: 1961-03-12
All sorts of people of all ages have succumbed to the fascination of the brass band. In this film brass bands and the human and mechanical components that go to make them come under the spotlight.
Episode 102 - Shelling Out
Release Date: 1961-03-19
In this film the world of shellfish, from the delicate tasting oyster to the humbler but, many people say, no less succulent tasting mussel, is examined.
Episode 103 - What A Pet!
Release Date: 1961-03-26
A look at various pets.
Episode 104 - Ski Fever
Release Date: 1961-04-02
A look at what British skiers are doing, both at Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, and at Murren, where the British Championships provide almost as many thrills, if not such high speeds as...
Episode 105 - Woman-Power
Release Date: 1961-04-09
Deals with the growing strength of women’s periodicals.
Episode 106 - Going To Blazes
Release Date: 1961-04-16
Shows the organisation, training methods and work done by the Fire Brigade in London.
Episode 107 - Flood Tide
Release Date: 1961-04-23
Deals with storms, floods and erosions along Britain’s coastline and how they are combated.
Episode 108 - Art Is A Business
Release Date: 1961-04-30
The recreational and educational pursuit of painting.
Episode 109 - Girls Ahoy
Release Date: 1961-05-07
The Women’s Royal Naval Service was formed as a wartime service by more than 1,000 recruits each year
Episode 110 - High Tension
Release Date: 1961-05-14
Tension created by pressure of modern life. Methods of relieving these tensions, pep pills. The work of the Institute of Directors and a castle in N. Wales where executives can relax
Episode 111 - Match Makers
Release Date: 1961-05-21
Models made from match sticks.
Episode 112 - Battle Of The Bulge
Release Date: 1961-05-28
A look at various ways of slimming.
Episode 113 - Prison On Wheels
Release Date: 1961-06-04
Light-hearted miscellany covering the problems of parking cars in London, the eight-storey mechanical park in the City, car-breaking and compulsory testing
Episode 114 - Survival
Release Date: 1961-06-11
A look at various survival techniques with Peter Whittingham and [sic] RAF survival expert and Jock Wishart.
Episode 115 - Ice Age
Release Date: 1961-06-18
The manufacture and the uses of ice.
Episode 116 - And So To Bed
Release Date: 1961-06-25
The manufacture of matresses.
Episode 117 - Coming Sir!
Release Date: 1961-07-02
The hotel industry in Britain.
Episode 118 - Tulip Town
Release Date: 1961-07-09
Tells the story of Spalding, Lincolnshire, Britain’s Tulip Town.
Episode 119 - Muscle Men
Release Date: 1961-07-16
Deals with circumstances and situations where "muscles" still count: in the Army, in wrestling, weight lifting,
Episode 120 - Counting Heads
Release Date: 1961-07-23
Made with the co-operation of the Registrar-General, shows how the recent ten-year census was carried out.
Episode 121 - Lady Of Japan
Release Date: 1961-07-30
The development of Japan and especially Tokyo.
Episode 122 - Looking For Nothing
Release Date: 1961-08-06
A look at various sights, - in London, the Manchester Whitweek walks, liners, pet shop windows and holes!.
Episode 123 - Action This Day
Release Date: 1961-08-13
The thrills, the toughness and the urgency that go to make up the training of some of Britain’s finest fighting men.
Episode 124 - The Dance Of Life
Release Date: 1961-08-20
English folk dancing including the Hobby Horse dance and the Furry dance.
Episode 125 - Men With Ideas
Release Date: 1961-08-27
The men and women with ideas and how they go about getting them legally accepted.
Episode 126 - Flags Over The Temple
Release Date: 1961-09-03
SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation) in Thailand.
Episode 127 - Controlled Landing
Release Date: 1961-09-10
Inside the control tower of London Airport, and shows the talk-down procedure for an incoming Comet arriving in a fog.
Episode 128 - The Ball At His Feet
Release Date: 1961-09-17
The competitive world of League football.
Episode 129 - A 100,000 Oarsmen
Release Date: 1961-09-24
The sport of rowing.
Episode 130 - Why All The Rush?
Release Date: 1961-10-01
The holiday rush to the seaside in Britain during August.
Episode 131 - Mystery Of A Fish
Release Date: 1961-10-08
Deals with the movements and the fishing of salmon.
Episode 132 - For The Record
Release Date: 1961-10-15
Shows the work of the gramophone record industry, from the birth of an idea to the finished disc, with Norrie Paramour, A&R manager.
Episode 133 - Jobs With A Thrill
Release Date: 1961-10-22
Demonstrates some thrilling occupations, including a steel erector, a quarry blastman, steeple jacks and riding the wall of death.
Episode 134 - City Of Crisis
Release Date: 1961-10-29
Deals with the divided Berlin and the recent incidents on the East-West border.
Episode 135 - Men In The Mode
Release Date: 1961-11-05
Deals with the men’s fashion industry.
Episode 136 - Char And Wad
Release Date: 1961-11-12
The work of the NAAFI, with location shots in Kuwait, Gibralter, Cyprus and Germany.
Episode 137 - Roses All The Way
Release Date: 1961-11-19
The art of rose growing and the competition it breeds.
Episode 138 - High Rise
Release Date: 1961-11-26
In this intriguing film, lifts of all kinds come under the camera’s eye.
Episode 139 - Everything Stops For Tea
Release Date: 1961-12-03
A film following what happens to tea, from the time it is landed at the London docks until it reaches the domestic teapot. Scenes at London’s tea wharves are shown, with tea chests
Episode 140 - Test Pilot
Release Date: 1961-12-10
A film looking at the work involved in being a test pilot of jet planes, particularly concentrating on one test pilot, Jim Dell. The planes themselves, cockpits, instruments and the pilots’