Look At Life E

The film Fire Over London is about the operation of the London Fire Brigade. In an office's switchboard room we see one of the hideous T&N green and ivory telephones supplied by General Telephone Systems. Another shot deep in the bowels of St Paul's Cathedral gives a glimpse of a two-tone grey ATE 'Coffin Phone' as used on Communications Systems private exchange systems.

The story of computers: from electronic tape and punched cards, to austere-looking robots.

A London family sets off for the annual hop-picking in Kent.

Part of the Look at Life Rank series reels about ballon riding.

The work of Britain's traffic wardens, through the eyes of one of them. Apart of "Look at Life" 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.

A look at the River Thames, its past and present, from source to the sea. An examination of what has been done and is being done to modernize port services and to keep traffic moving—from holiday pleasure seekers to bustling commerce.

A visit to Smithfield Market, Covent Garden and Billingsgate, at their busiest time, the early morning.

A fascinating look at 1963 mod-looking corporate office technology. Punched card data processing centers. The complex infrastructure that supports London's biggest office that attracts visitors from all over the world, not just to see the view, but to study a mid-20th century development.

A look cinema and its evolution regarding comfort and the different types of films that drew audiences in during the 1950's.

A short documentary about the tea drinking culture in the UK and the industry behind it.

Look at Life was a regular series of short documentary films produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of Rank Organisation and screened in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. This release compiles 54 memorable films which offer a fascinating snapshot of transport in 1960's Britain. A look at road building in the United Kingdom in the 1950's.

Women's influence on the retail trade.

Filmed in Sarawak, we take a look at Britain's trouble shooters - the Royal Marines.

Based on the novel by M. Panin "Matyushenko promised to remain silent." The story of lonely people who found themselves in human communication and family happiness.

Look at Life was a regular series of short documentary films produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of Rank Organisation and screened in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. Rob Curling presents six Look at Lifes ((Air Hostess, Controlled Landing, City of the Air, Flying to Work, The Spirit of Brooklands, The Big Take Off)) from the Brooklands aircraft museum, showing the aircraft industry as it was in the 1960s.

The short documentary visits the groundhog research center in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It was made for Sony Home Entertainment's 15th anniversary edition DVD release of the 1993 film, "Groundhog Day." It was filmed on location at the silver mining ghost town of Gothic, Colorado, near Crested Butte. The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory has been located there since its founding in 1928.

The world of shellfish, from the delicate tasting oyster to the succulent mussel.

A look at the flourishing winter sports business within Scotland.

Behind the scenes with the Children's Film Foundation, including the making of Lionheart.

A look at the restoration of vintage vehicles with visits to the Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest, the high-speed trials at Silverstone, and the famous London-to-Brighton run.