Look at Life (1959) · WatchGuide

Look at Life (1959) · WatchGuide

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E1 · Airs Jan 1, 1959
Marrakesh
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
E2 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Follow The Stars
Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.
E3 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
The Doctor Suggests
Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.
E4 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
A Marriage Is Arranged
E5 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Jumping To Aintree
E6 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Ticket To Tokyo
E7 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Letting Off Steam
E8 · Airs Jan 15, 1959 · 15m
A Dog’s Life
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
E9 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Market Place
Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.
E10 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Cause For Alarm
Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.
E11 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
New Roads For Old
E12 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
A Car Is Born
E13 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Saving Face
A look at the cosmetics industry.
E14 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
The Divided City
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
E15 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Operation Noah’s Ark
Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.
E16 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Down London River
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
E17 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Coffee Bar
Coffee bars and their clientele.
E18 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Garden Of Tomorrow
A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.
E19 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Derby Day
A look at the tradition of Derby Day.
E20 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Money Talks
A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.
E21 · Airs Jan 15, 1959 · 10m · ★ 6.0
Flight On A Cushion
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.
E22 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Talking Of Coaches
A look at the advances in coach travel.
E23 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Seaway
The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.
E24 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Kings Of Speed
A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.
E25 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Making An Effort
E26 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Village Of Violins
The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.
E27 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
The Black Arrows
Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.
E28 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Ceremonial Soldier
A day in the life of a guardsman.
E29 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Alpine Rescue
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
E30 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Down On The Farm
The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.
E31 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Shopping For A "Queen"
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.
E32 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Channel Tunnel
The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.
E33 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Harvest of Hops
The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.
E34 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Pony Tale
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.
E35 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Sailing The Sky
The sport of gliding.
E36 · Airs Jan 8, 1959
Dustmen’s Day
The collection of refuse and its disposal.
E37 · Airs Jan 15, 1959
Let’s Go Dancing
A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.
E38 · Airs Jan 22, 1959
Soldier Abroad
The British Army on the Rhine.
E39 · Airs Jan 29, 1959
Island Of Men
A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.
E40 · Airs Feb 5, 1959
Bullfighter
Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.