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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.

Look at Life Season 3

January. 01,1900
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Look at Life

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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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Look at Life Season 3 Full Episode Guide

Episode 140 - Test Pilot
First Aired: December. 10,1961

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’

Episode 139 - Everything Stops For Tea
First Aired: December. 03,1961

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 138 - High Rise
Episode 136 - Char And Wad
Episode 134 - City Of Crisis
Episode 133 - Jobs With A Thrill
First Aired: October. 22,1961

Demonstrates some thrilling occupations, including a steel erector, a quarry blastman, steeple jacks and riding the wall of death.

Episode 132 - For The Record
First Aired: October. 15,1961

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 127 - Controlled Landing
First Aired: September. 10,1961

Inside the control tower of London Airport, and shows the talk-down procedure for an incoming Comet arriving in a fog.

Episode 126 - Flags Over The Temple
Episode 125 - Men With Ideas
Episode 124 - The Dance Of Life
Episode 123 - Action This Day
First Aired: August. 13,1961

The thrills, the toughness and the urgency that go to make up the training of some of Britain’s finest fighting men.

Episode 122 - Looking For Nothing
First Aired: August. 06,1961

A look at various sights, - in London, the Manchester Whitweek walks, liners, pet shop windows and holes!.

Episode 120 - Counting Heads
First Aired: July. 23,1961

Made with the co-operation of the Registrar-General, shows how the recent ten-year census was carried out.

Episode 119 - Muscle Men
First Aired: July. 16,1961

Deals with circumstances and situations where "muscles" still count: in the Army, in wrestling, weight lifting,

Episode 114 - Survival
First Aired: June. 11,1961

A look at various survival techniques with Peter Whittingham and [sic] RAF survival expert and Jock Wishart.

Episode 113 - Prison On Wheels
First Aired: June. 04,1961

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 110 - High Tension
First Aired: May. 14,1961

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 109 - Girls Ahoy
First Aired: May. 07,1961

The Women’s Royal Naval Service was formed as a wartime service by more than 1,000 recruits each year

Episode 107 - Flood Tide
Episode 106 - Going To Blazes
Episode 104 - Ski Fever
First Aired: April. 02,1961

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 102 - Shelling Out
First Aired: March. 19,1961

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 101 - The Big Blow
First Aired: March. 12,1961

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 98 - Man Into Fish
First Aired: February. 19,1961

The film covers the training, both above and below the surface of the sea with aqualung divers.

Episode 95 - On The Mark
First Aired: January. 29,1961

Looks at the production and testing of guns and their use on moors, ranges and in the various shooting sports.

Episode 94 - Press-Button Age
First Aired: January. 22,1961

Survey of the revolution in farm machinery which leads to automated farming, enabling a farmer to operate his farm almost single-handed.

Episode 91 - Hyde Park Corner
First Aired: January. 01,1961

The planning and progress of work on the new road scheme and underpass at Hyde Prak Corner and Marble Arch.

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