List of episodes of the series «Look at Life»

Marrakesh

• Episode number: 1
• Episode description:
  View of Marrakesh, men riding on donkeys whilst commentary describes the position of Marrakesh CU of a camel. Camels being led: the market place: Arabs meet to talk or to drive a bargain: commentary gives a brief history of Marrakesh

Follow The Stars

• Episode number: 2
• Episode description:
  Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.

The Doctor Suggests

• Episode number: 3
• Episode description:
  Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.

A Marriage Is Arranged

• Episode number: 4

Jumping To Aintree

• Episode number: 5

Ticket To Tokyo

• Episode number: 6

Letting Off Steam

• Episode number: 7

A Dog’s Life

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 15 min.
• Episode description:
  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

Market Place

• Episode number: 9
• Episode description:
  Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.

Cause For Alarm

• Episode number: 10
• Episode description:
  Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.

New Roads For Old

• Episode number: 11

A Car Is Born

• Episode number: 12

Saving Face

• Episode number: 13
• Episode description:
  A look at the cosmetics industry.

The Divided City

• Episode number: 14
• Episode description:
  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

Operation Noah’s Ark

• Episode number: 15
• Episode description:
  Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.

Down London River

• Episode number: 16
• Episode description:
  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

Coffee Bar

• Episode number: 17
• Episode description:
  Coffee bars and their clientele.

Garden Of Tomorrow

• Episode number: 18
• Episode description:
  A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.

Derby Day

• Episode number: 19
• Episode description:
  A look at the tradition of Derby Day.

Money Talks

• Episode number: 20
• Episode description:
  A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.

Flight On A Cushion

• User score: 6
• Episode number: 21
• Episode duration: 10 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Talking Of Coaches

• Episode number: 22
• Episode description:
  A look at the advances in coach travel.

Seaway

• Episode number: 23
• Episode description:
  The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.

Kings Of Speed

• Episode number: 24
• Episode description:
  A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.

Making An Effort

• Episode number: 25

Village Of Violins

• Episode number: 26
• Episode description:
  The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.

The Black Arrows

• Episode number: 27
• Episode description:
  Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.

Ceremonial Soldier

• Episode number: 28
• Episode description:
  A day in the life of a guardsman.

Alpine Rescue

• Episode number: 29
• Episode description:
  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

Down On The Farm

• Episode number: 30
• Episode description:
  The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.

Shopping For A "Queen"

• Episode number: 31
• Episode description:
  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.

Channel Tunnel

• Episode number: 32
• Episode description:
  The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.

Harvest of Hops

• Episode number: 33
• Episode description:
  The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.

Pony Tale

• Episode number: 34
• Episode description:
  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.

Sailing The Sky

• Episode number: 35
• Episode description:
  The sport of gliding.

Dustmen’s Day

• Episode number: 36
• Episode description:
  The collection of refuse and its disposal.

Let’s Go Dancing

• Episode number: 37
• Episode description:
  A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.

Soldier Abroad

• Episode number: 38
• Episode description:
  The British Army on the Rhine.

Island Of Men

• Episode number: 39
• Episode description:
  A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.

Bullfighter

• Episode number: 40
• Episode description:
  Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.