Look at Life (film series)

Look at Life
Look at Life
Narrated by	Tim Turner and others
Production; company	Rank Organisation
Release date	1959–1969
Running time	8 minutes-or-more on average
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Look at Life was a regular British series of short 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. 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.^[1]

Presentation

Produced on 35mm film and in Eastmancolor, these eight-minute 'featurettes' melded a light-hearted magazine format with a more in depth documentary approach and depicted aspects of life, mainly in Britain, but sometimes further afield. The films often depicted elements of the 'push button' or 'jet age', demonstrating advances in technology and a reflection on the changing tastes, fashions and trends representative of the so-called 'swinging sixties' era, which were often portrayed in a glossy, vibrant and optimistic way. The films also reported on topical issues that were affecting modern day society such as road safety, civil defence and pollution, and often sought to explain the rapid changes that were taking place in the country in an entertaining and informative narrative. Look at Life also took its cameras abroad to focus on events and affairs within the Commonwealth and British colonies including Aden, Gibraltar and the ever diminishing British controlled areas of Africa. Look at Life cameras were also offered exclusive access behind the Iron Curtain to present life in the Eastern Bloc, particularly in East Berlin and the Soviet Union.

The films were generally narrated in the style typical of newsreel films with a principal voice-over while letting the images tell the story. The narration was generally spoken over the natural sounds of the subject being discussed such as motor traffic or the activities within a workplace and with musical accompaniment. People who were featured in the programmes were seldom heard to speak unless as background sound, their activities and interactions with others generally being commented upon by the narrator. Otherwise the subject of the film or clip would sometimes address the camera directly or perform in a given situation, both in a staged and a scripted manner whereby the narrator could often add a humorous or ironic comment in the context of the subject.

On occasions an expert or professional in the field of the subject such as inventor of the Hovercraft Christopher Cockerell could be watched presenting the film directly to camera and providing the voiceovers. In the most part narration of the films was provided by well known celebrities and presenters of the time including Raymond Baxter, Eamonn Andrews, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Michael Ingrams, Antony Bilbow, Sid James and Martin Jarvis in later editions. James Bond’s Island was narrated by voice actor Peter Hawkins. However the majority of the films were narrated by actor Tim Turner.

In the early years at the end of each film the caption "Take a Look at Life Again Soon" would appear on screen.

Reception

When the first issue of Look at Life, "Marrakesh" was released in March 1959, it was hailed in the trade journals as an "exciting venture in film journalism" and Rank announced this innovation would have "a more lasting impact than the present ephemeral newsreel content". Look at Life was a popular formula but did become rather frozen in time with its light-hearted presentation and jaunty theme tune and despite subtle changes to the opening titles, their graphics and the introduction of the Rank 'gong' logo at the beginning of later films. Television led audiences into a documentary world that had more grit and less glamour than the relative escapism of the cinema and by 1969 Rank could no longer ensure the survival of the series and the concept waned just as other newsreels and magazine films also available at that time, such as the Pathé Pictorial which was shown on the rival ABC cinema circuit, and as cinema audience continued to decline rapidly on the verge of the 1970s.^[2]

Public Releases

Over 500 episodes were produced altogether. Digitally restored from the original film elements, the Look at Life series is now licensed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, previously known on screen as Granada Ventures and distributed by the Network imprint. Many of the films have not been seen in full since their original screenings in the cinemas, although a number of films have been previously released on Super 8 and on DVD in themed categories. These include Look at Life – Swingin' London, which explores elements of contemporary London life, work and traditions and Look at Life – On the Railways, which represented the great changes that were taking place to Britain's railways in the wake of the modernisation programme and the decline of steam. However Network has gradually released box-sets of the films over eight volumes, containing a total of 499 films.

Volume 1: "Transport" is a four disc compilation released in 2010 and contains 54 films on the theme of transport. Look at Life Volume 2: "Military" containing 45 films on three discs was released in June 2011, whilst Volume 3: "Science" containing 45 films on three discs was released in September 2011.

Two further volumes, Volume 4: "Sport" containing 42 films on three discs and Volume 5: "Cultural Heritage" containing 64 films on four discs were for release in August and November 2012 respectively. Volume 6: "World Affairs" containing 72 films on five discs was released on 1 February 2013. On 10 August 2015, a seventh volume Volume 7: "Business and Industry" containing 60 films on three discs was released.

The final 7 disc Volume 8: People and Places presenting a remaining 117 films on seven discs was released in the spring of 2021.

In November 2012, the series Britain on Film commissioned by BBC Scotland for broadcast on BBC Four began a twenty-part series providing an insight into life in Britain in the 1960s exclusively featuring footage from the Look at Life series. Distributed by ITN Source, a partly owned subsidiary of ITV Plc, each episode features a different aspect of British life and culture during the decade, including the changing role of women and how leisure time was spent including the rising popularity of overseas travel. It is presented with original commentary from the series with captions to provide the contemporary viewer with explanation.^[3]

Available on DVD

Volume 1: Transport

Disc 1 (1959–1960)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
April 1959	Ticket to Tokyo	E.V.H. Emmett	Travelling with a British Commonwealth Britannia airliner from London via Bombay to Tokyo to discover Japan and back via Hong Kong
May 1959	Letting off Steam	Tim Turner	The phasing-out of coal-powered steam locomotives and their replacement with oil-powered and electrified trains.
May 1959	New Roads for Old	Tim Turner	A look at new roads such as the London to Yorkshire motorway, Preston By-pass, Runcorn Bridge and works around London, including the gyratory system at Marble Arch, the underpass at Hyde Park Corner, road widening at Elephant and Castle, and the new Chiswick Flyover.
August 1959	Flight on a Cushion	Peter Lamb, Christopher Cockerell, Tim Turner	Peter Lamb, the Chief Test Pilot of East Cowes-based Saunders Roe, talks about hovercraft with the inventor Christopher Cockerell and the recording of the first cross Channel crossing on 25 July 1959.
August 1959	Talking of Coaches	Tim Turner	Life from the back of a coach with a tour of Blackpool and Italy with young Eric.
October 1959	Alpine Rescue	Tim Turner	A Swiss Flying Club uses adapted aircraft to deliver supplies to Alpine ski lodges - and to effect the rescue of injured mountaineers
October 1959	Shopping for a 'Queen'	Tim Turner	Replenishing the Queen Elizabeth, the 83,000-ton liner, before her next voyage.
November 1959	Sailing the Sky	Tim Turner	A look at the world of silent flight, including a brief introduction to record breaking British female glider pilot and instructor Ann Welch
December 1959	Driving Test	Tim Turner	Driving school tuition, including the innovative mock-up car with moving lights, cars for disabled people, the junior driver course at Grammar schools, and the training of police drivers and London Bus drivers.
January 1960	Shape of a Ship	Tim Turner	Building ocean liners such as the Canberra and how their shape is changing, plus a review of the slump affecting cargo shipping and the exciting future of air freight.
February 1960	Air Hostess	Tim Turner	Following the perceived glamorous life of 24-year-old airline hostess Pat Rossiter on her working day on an 11-hour flight from London to Rome and Benghazi
March 1960	Taxi! Taxi!!	Tim Turner	Looking at the organisation behind London's taxis, their maintenance, regulation of meters, training for "The Knowledge", to picking up passengers and driver welfare.
April 1960	All Through the Night	Tim Turner	A look into trunk roads with the night lorries, following the night drivers, to see where they eat and who they meet

Disc 2 (1960–1963)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
April 1960	Over and Under	Tim Turner	Painting the Forth Bridge and a look at modern bridge-building including temporary bridges. Reflecting on past bridge successes and future methods of construction.
July 1960	Horse-power Riders	Tim Turner	The Royal Corp Signals demonstrate motorcycle safety techniques. Following The AA and RAC in their training programmes supported by RoSPA, and over to the Isle of Man TT to visit winner John Surtees and former champion Geoff Duke.
March 1962	Eyes of the Law	Raymond Baxter	A look at traffic controls in West Germany and their autobahns and how Britain can learn as they build miles of new motorway including the new Hammersmith Flyover.
April 1962	Scooter Commuter	Tim Turner	Amidst the jams, In ten years, the number of scooters on British Roads has increased from 4,250 to over 470,000, and the convenience of "Corgi" style bikes.
May 1962	Sea Horses	Tim Turner	A look at tugboats, without which any big port would come to a standstill, and ocean-going tugs, delivering their load across thousands of miles of sea.
September 1962	So They all Hover Now	Tim Turner	For passenger services large and small, the development of the hovercraft and how the declining ship yards of Clydeside are adapting to hovercraft design. Featuring the SR.N2.
September 1962	The Village Sleeps Again	Tim Turner	The arguments for and against building by-passes, featuring Transport Minister Ernest Marples, how these can be built through many urban areas, how objections to new routes can be overcome, and what effect they are having on previously swamped towns and villages.
January 1963	Birdmen	Tim Turner	Puffin, the man-powered aircraft designed and built by instructors and students of the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School.
April 1963	Draw the Fires	Tim Turner	The railways are changing, with coal-powered steam being phased out and replaced by diesel engines and a network that is being modernised by new signalling, continuous welded track on concrete sleepers, and controversial closures of lines.
June 1963	The Car Has Wings	Tim Turner	Cars are carried through tunnels, on ferries, over the new Forth Road Bridge, by train, air ferry, and possibly by hovercraft in the future.
June 1963	Vintage Models	Raymond Baxter	The story of Britain's vintage car scene, including the high-speed trials at Silverstone, the Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu, and the famous London to Brighton run
July 1963	Pilot Aboard	Tim Turner	A look at Britain's pilotage services.
August 1963	Where No Tide Flows	Raymond Baxter	A look at canals and how they have been rediscovered by holidaymakers.

Disc 3 (1963–1965)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
November 1963	High, Wide and Faster	Tim Turner	Examining contemporary developments in road, rail, and sea transport
December 1963	Oil Aboard	Tim Turner	The story of the oil tankers and the crews that sail in them
December 1963	Report on a River	Tim Turner	Following the River Thames from its source in Gloucestershire to the Port of London, which is modernising services and keeping traffic moving.
December 1963	Europe Grows Together	Tim Turner	An urgent look at Britain's links with the Continent.
April 1964	Turn of the Wheel	Tim Turner	Exploring the various ways folk put old disused items of transport back into use.
May 1964	City of the Air	Tim Turner	A look at the many aspects of London Airport, with a focus on BOAC and BEA airlines.
August 1964	Behind the Ton-Up Boys	Tim Turner	A reflection on the nearly two million motorcyclists in Britain.
August 1964	Going Places Under Water	Tim Turner	Submarines and commercial diving, including the world's first underwater sightseeing bus.
November 1964	Living with Cars	Tim Turner	Analysis of what was being done at the time to cope with the increasing number of cars on our roads.
December 1964	Flying to Work	Tim Turner	The increasing number of private planes and helicopters in Britain's airspace.
February 1965	The Spirit of Brooklands	Tim Turner	The story of the Surrey motor racing circuit and its aircraft industry with a particular emphasis on the VC-10.
April 1965	Weather Adviser	Tim Turner	How special ships maintain a constant watch on the weather, whatever the conditions
May 1965	What Price Safety?	Tim Turner	A look at what was being done to make cars and roads safer
September 1965	Down in the Dumps	Michael Ingrams	A look at waste disposal and what happens to old cars when it comes to the end of their road.

Disc 4 (1965–1969)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
November 1965	Cats of the Sea	Tim Turner	The thrill of sailing Catamarans
March 1966	Breaking the Ice	Tim Turner	Looking at the Finnish icebreakers which keep the Baltic shipping routes open.
December 1966	Skimming through the Sixties	Tim Turner	Revisiting the Hovercraft and how it has been evolving.
December 1966	The Big Take-Off	Tim Turner	Assessing what was happening to Britain's aircraft industry in the face of stiff competition.
March 1967	Lighter than Air	Tim Turner	A brief history of ballooning and lighter than air flight.
May 1967	Just an Accident	Tim Turner	Accident prevention and safety measures with the HM Factory Inspectorate, ROSPA, and in-house company courses
May 1967	Scrambling for It	Eamonn Andrews	The motor sport of scrambling, which is attracting thousands of followers.
June 1967	The Straights of Dover	Tim Turner	A closer look at the 750 ships that pass through the five-mile wide shipping channel every day.
August 1967	Where Do You Leave the Boat?	John Witty	The problems of where to keep pleasure boats as more are built.
October 1967	Pushing the Bike	Tim Turner	The impact of the bicycle on the world today.
December 1967	Playing Trains	Tim Turner	Britain's burgeoning railway preservation scene, and a trip with the locomotive Flying Scotsman on one of its last main line runs
September 1968	The City's for Living In	Ann MacEwen	A response to the Buchanan Report with a focus on Bath and Norwich as to how British cities face the danger of the impact of traffic on the environment.
March 1969	All in a Day's Work	Duncan Carse	People who travel the world by air as part of their everday jobs
March 1969	A Load of Pheasants	Duncan Carse	The journey of the intercontinental lorry driver delivering a trailer load of pheasants abroad, with the aid of the TIR convention.

Volume 2: Military

Disc 1 (1960–1961)

Date of Feature^[4]	Title	Narrator	Synopsis^[5]
1959	The Black Arrows	Tim Turner	The RAF aerobatic display team "Treble-One" Squadron
1959	Ceremonial Soldier	Tim Turner	A look at the sentries at Buckingham Palace and how they remain efficient soldiers of the Grenadier Guards.
1959	Soldier Abroad	Tim Turner	The 3rd Royal Tank Regiment British Army of the Rhine in Detmold West Germany
1960	Under the Rocket	Tim Turner	Life at the rocket range in Woomera, South Australia, through the eyes of a young REME corporal and his wife.
1960	Thunder in Waiting	Tim Turner	Visit to an RAF base in East Anglia, shows Thor rockets and Vulcan bombers.
1960	'A Piece of Cake'	Tim Turner	The sport of parachuting and the territorials of the Parachute Regiment
1960	Return to Arms	Tim Turner	A visit to Germany to find out what kind of army the country is raising today under the auspices of NATO, with a focus on the mountain troops and how they train
1960	Submarine	Tim Turner	A glimpse of the life and work of the submariners of HMS Narwhal (S03)
1960	The Rocket-Age Lancers	Tim Turner	The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers including the parade on their final day before they merged to form 9th/12th Royal Lancers
1960	Air Umbrella	Unknown	Work and organisation of NATO’s Second Allied tactical Air Force which forms part of a vigilant air umbrella over Europe
1961	Flight Deck	Tim Turner	The Royal Navy's latest aircraft carrier, HMS Hermes (R12)
1961	Pipeline	Tim Turner	Refuelling both in the air and at sea
1961	Girls Ahoy!	John Witty	A look into the Women's Royal Naval Service showing the full range of duties carried out by the wrens.
1961	Survival	Tim Turner	A look at various survival techniques with Peter Whittingham and Jock Wishart.
1961	Muscle Men	Tim Turner	Deals with circumstances and situations where "muscles" still count: in the Army, in wrestling, weight lifting, etc

Disc 2 (1961–1964)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
1961	Action this Day	Tim Turner	The tough training of the Royal Marine Commandos - some of Britain's finest fighting men
1961	Char and Wad	Tim Turner	The work of the NAAFI - Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
1961	Test Pilot	Tim Turner	A film looking at the work involved in being a test pilot of jet planes, particularly concentrating on test pilot Jim Dell and the English Electric Lightning.
1962	Rendered Safe	Tim Turner	The work of a bomb disposal squad with Charles Lawrence, bomb disposal expert with the Royal Navy.
1962	The Last Battleship	Tim Turner	The story of the last British battleship, HMS Vanguard (23), as it makes its final journey to the scrapyard
1962	Amphibian	Tim Turner	A look at the DUKW ['duck’] amphibious military craft.
1962	Turning Blades	Tim Turner	Helicopters and their uses
1962	Plumbing the Depths	Tim Turner	The importance of surveying the seas and oceans and the part played by HMS Vidal in the surveying.
1962	Golden Wings	ACM Sir Philip Joubert	A look at some of the most important military aircraft through the decades
1963	The Black Watch	Tim Turner	Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother visits the Black Watch
1963	Girls of the Air	Tim Turner	The work of the Women's Royal Air Force, with Dame Anne Stephens, Air Commandant Jean Conan Doyle, senior radar technician Carole Nicholson, and Mary McGurk.
1963	The Sky's the Limit	Tim Turner	Aerobatics, originally devised as manoeuvres to avoid a pursuing enemy, are today part of the training of specialised squadrons of the R.A.F. Civilian flying is also discussed.
1964	Forward, March!	Tim Turner	The infantryman as the indispensable soldier of the British Army
1964	Doctor on Call	Tim Turner	A North Malayan civilian doctor makes his regular and emergency calls by helicopter made available by the R.A.F.
1964	Trouble-Shooters	John Witty	The Royal Marines, whose 300th anniversary fell on the year this film was produced

Disc 3 (1964–1969)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
1964	Under One Umbrella	Tim Turner	The MOD and unified operations in Aden
1965	The Price of Valour	Tim Turner	The history of the Victoria Cross and the story behind some of its recipients
1965	The Jet Folk	Tim Turner	The lives and work of servicemen in the United States Third Air Force, mainly operating from RAF bases in East Anglia.
1965	Drummers of the Queen	Tim Turner	Spotlights on the drummers of the Junior Guardsmen's Company which supplies the whole Brigade of Guards.
1965	The Flying Soldier	Tim Turner	Helicopter training in the British Army
1965	The Cherry-Pickers	Tim Turner	A look at the history of the 11th Hussars, a regiment that celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1965
1966	Jumping Jets	Tim Turner	A look at the test programme behind the RAF Hawker Siddeley Kestrel VTOL aircraft
1966	Air Lift	Tim Turner	A survey of the air lift organised by the RAF Transport Command to maintain supplies of oil and petrol to Zambia
1966	Down to Earth	John Witty	Women of the WRAF take part in a jungle survival exercise, parachute jumps, and sub-aqua diving
1966	East of Suez	Tim Turner	Survey of the police work in the Borneo jungle of the British forces against the Indonesian confrontation.
1966	School for Skymen	Tim Turner	Training at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell
1967	Moving Day	Tim Turner	Moving of NATO SHAPE headquarters to Casteau in Belgium
1967	Free Fall	John Witty	Free fall parachute jumping by the RAF Falcons parachute display team
1968	Jumping For Joy	Unknown	The story of the Royal Green Jackets Skydiving Team
1968	Underwater Menace	Duncan Carse	The work of the Royal Navy in its quest to rid the sea of World War II underwater mines and other dangerous debris

Volume 3: Science

Disc 1 (1959–1963)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
1959	Follow the Stars	E.V.H. Emmett
1959	A Marriage is Arranged	E.V.H. Emmett
1960	Channel Tunnel	Tim Turner
1960	Healing Hands
1960	Testing Time	Tim Turner
1960	Making a Meal Out of It	Tim Turner
1961	Press-Button Age	Tim Turner
1961	Flood Tide	Tim Turner
1961	Men With Ideas
1961	Mystery of a Fish
1962	Rockets Away!
1962	The Little Menace
1962	Trouble on Oily Waters
1962	Any Old Iron?
1963	Caught in the Cold

Disc 2 (1963–1964)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
1963	Figure it Out
1963	Keeping Clean
1963	The Destroyers
1963	Back-Room of the Sky
1963	People of Power
1963	Second Chance
1963	Key of the Door
1963	You Can't Catch Much from a Fish
1963	Men Under Pressure
1964	Fings are Getting Smaller
1964	Salute the Engineer
1964	So Much Flattery!
1964	Having a Baby
1964	Power Needs No Passport
1964	Wealth Under the Sea

Disc 3 (1964–1969)

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
1964	By Bread Alone
1965	Frontiers of Medicine
1965	Sugaring the Pill
1965	Beating the Racket
1965	Will Taps Run Dry?
1966	Treading on the Gas
1966	Boxes of Tricks
1966	The Givers
1967	What Price Ideas?
1967	Cleaning People
1967	Press-Button Farms
1967	Keeping Tabs on Space
1968	Brain Drain
1968	North Sea Commuters
1969	Their Lifeline – The Nile

Volume 4: Sport

Disc 1

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
1959	Jumping to Aintree	E.V.H. Emmett
	Derby Day
	Kings of Speed
	Making an Effort
	Pony-Tale
	Four Men Down
	Ten Pins Down
	Smashing Through
	Solent Saturday
1960	Saturday Fever	Cliff Michelmore
	Out for a Catch
	Against the Clock
	Man into Fish
	Ski Fever

Disc 2

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
1961	The Ball at His Feet	Kenneth Wolstenholme
	A Hundred Thousand Oarsmen
	Snow Business
	Riding it Rough
	Target - The Stadium
	Flight of Fancy
	Getting Wet
	See How They Jump!
	It's a Gamble
	Queue for the Tee
	In the Kart
	Over My Shoulder
	Women with Leisure
	Rulers of Racing

Disc 3

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	Winning the Hard Way
	Bookies at the Crossroads
	How Do You Swing?
	Living on Skis
	Cricket on Test
	Room at the Top?
	Out of a Bomb-Site
	Behind the World Cup
	Over the Sticks
	Sea Riders
	Racing to the Start
	White Water Craft
	Single-Handed Sailors
	It's Odds on the Fish

Volume 5: Cultural Heritage

Disc 1

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	A Dog's Life	Uncredited
	Down London River	Tim Turner
	Coffee Bar	Uncredited
	Garden of Tomorrow	Roy Hay
	Harvest of Hops	Tim Turner
	Island of Men	Tim Turner
	Top People	Tim Turner
	Rebirth of a City	Tim Turner
	Shopping by the Ton	Tim Turner
	Towns By Design	Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
	Fairs Please	Tim Turner
	Ringing the Changes	Uncredited
	Hyde Park Corner	Tim Turner
	The Big Blow	Tim Turner
	Woman-Power	Stephen Potter
	Art Is A Business	Tim Turner

Disc 2

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
	Counting Heads	Antony Bilbow
	Looking for Nothing
	The Dance of Life
1961	Why All the Rush?	Tim Turner
	On the Map	Tim Turner
	Chickens in the Mill
	Treasure Houses
	State Occasions
	Down in the Forest
	Meet the Mayor
	Under Your Feet
	The Silent Change
	Signposts of the Sea
	The City's Built for Shooting
	New Universities
	Rag Time

Disc 3

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	Market Day
	They Learn as They See
	Jazz All the Way
	Island Refuge
	Holiday Camps
	Sound of a City
	Saving a Heritage
	The Way of Reckoning
	Lady by the Sea
	Early Starters
	But Not on a Sunday
	The Things They Sell
	Boys Without Girls
	Members Only
	City of Sailors		Portsmouth and how it was changing
	Why Drown Yourself?

Disc 4

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	In the Livery
	The Needles Point the Way
	Crisis in the Cathedral
	The Tower of Babble
	On Tape for Tomorrow
	The Abbey Backstage
	The Shape of Things
	The Churchill Pilgrimage
	High and Dry
	IN Gear
	Hidden Treasure
	Goodbye, Piccadilly
	Change at the Tower
	The Spoilers
	Queue for Gardens
	In the Honours List

Volume 6: World Affairs

Disc 1

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
1959	Marrakesh	E.V.H. Emmett
1959	The Divided City	Tim Turner
1959	Operation Noah's Ark	George Cansdale
1960	Seaway	Uncredited
1960	Village of Violins	Uncredited
1960	Gibraltar's New Day	Tim Turner
1960	The Wind of Change	Tim Turner
1960	Power for Africa	Tim Turner
1961	Rolling out from Rio	Tim Turner
1961	Lady of Japan	Antony Bilbow
1961	Flags over the Temples	Antony Bilbow
1961	City of Crisis	John Witty
1962	A Problem of People	Tim Turner
1962	Eagle's Nest	Tim Turner

Disc 2

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
1962	The Maple has New Leaves	Gordon Tanner
1962	Chasing the Dragon	Tim Turner
1962	The Trail leads Upwards	Tim Turner
1962	G.H.Q., Middle East	Tim Turner
1962	The Wall	Tim Turner
1962	Out of the Sun	Tim Turner
1962?	Common Market	John Snagge
1962	The Changing River	Tim Turner
1962	Millions on the March	Brian Connell
1962	Call from the Wild	Peter Scott
1963	Out of the Bush	Tim Turner
1963	Men of the Woods	Tim Turner
1963	Forging New Links	Tim Turner
1963	Gypsy Holiday	Tim Turner
1963	Pick of the Bunch	Tim Turner

Disc 3

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
1964	The New Australians	Tim Turner
1964	Men of the Snowy	Tim Turner
1964	Singapore is Youth	Tim Turner
1964	Off the Sheep's Back	Tim Turner
1964	Constant Hot Water	Tim Turner
1964	Tide on the Turn	Tim Turner
1964	Malta Milestone	Tim Turner
1965	Women at Sea	Tim Turner
1965	James Bond's Island	Peter Hawkins
1965	Volunteers for Service	Tim Turner
1965	Men Against the Sea	Tim Turner
1966	The Curtain Changes	John Snagge
1966	On Top of the World	Tim Turner
1966	Swedish Pattern	Michael Ingrams
1966	Market by the Danube	Roger Wesson

Disc 4

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
1966	The Beach	Peter Duval Smith
1966	Face Lift	Tim Turner
1966	Incas in bowler hats	Tim Turner
1966	One in Six	Tim Turner
1966	An Island Awakes	Tim Turner
1966	City of all Nations	Tim Turner
1966	The Six come closer	Tim Turner
1966	Jobs where you like	Tim Turner
1966	Pipeline to plenty	Tim Turner
1967	End of a Polish march	Tim Turner
1967	Once upon a time...	John Witty
1967	Living on a volcano	Tim Turner
1967	Chinatown	Michael Ingrams

Disc 5

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
1967	Inside Russia 1: Fifty!	Michael Ingrams
1967	Inside Russia 2: The Heiresses	Michael Ingrams
1967	Inside Russia 3: Childhood	Antony Bilbow
1967	Inside Russia 4: The Woken Land	Michael Ingrams
1968	Winter Blossoms	John Westbrook
1968	Man of the Desert	Uncredited
1968	Something new under Everest	Michael Ingrams
1968	A new shade of red	Michael Ingrams
1968	Coming of Age	Michael Ingrams
1968	Home is Tibet	Michael Ingrams
1968	The Sinking City	Martin Jarvis
1968	Escape into Riches	Michael Ingrams
1969	In the shadow of the Wall	Tim Brinton
1969	After the Queen's visit	Duncan Carse
1969	Look at Man	Martin Jarvis

Volume 7: Business and Industry

Disc 1

Date	Title	Narrator	Synopsis^[8]
	Market Place	Sidney James	Street markets
	A Car Is Born	Bill Hartley	British car industry
	Saving Face		The beauty business
	Money Talks	Tim Turner	Money
	Down on the Farm	Tim Turner	Farming
	Bottle Party	Tim Turner	Bottles
	Under the Hammer	Tim Turner	Auctions
	A Year for a Day	Tim Turner
	Roman Invasion	Tim Turner
	On The Mark	Tim Turner	Guns and shooting
	Shares in To-morrow	Antony Bilbow	Stock exchanges
	Shelling Out	Tim Turner	Shellfish
	What A Pet!	Tim Turner	Pets
	Ice Age	John Witty	Ice
	And So To Bed	Antony Bilbow	The mattress
	Coming, Sir!	Tim Turner	The hotel industry
	Tulip Town	Antony Bilbow	The town of Spalding
1961	For the Record	Jean Metcalfe	How Helen Shapiro's 1961 hit "Walkin' Back to Happiness" was recorded, pressed and distributed.
	Jobs with a Thrill	Tim Turner
	Roses All The Way	Antony Bilbow

Disc 2

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator
	Everything Stops For Tea	Tim Turner
	Lights Up	Tim Turner
	Fish and Ships	Tim Turner
	The Hat Trick	David Nixon
	At the End of a Rope	Tim Turner
	Pictures Tell the Story	Tim Turner
	The Box on the Wall	Tim Turner
	Crowning Glory	Tim Turner
	Rising to High Office	Tim Turner
	The Trade Winds Blow	Antony Bilbow
	Glamour Gets a Passport	Tim Turner
	A Pinch of Salt	Tim Turner
	Silver's New Shine	Tim Turner
	The Golden West	Tim Turner
	For Crying Out Loud!	Tim Turner
	Stone Age	Tim Turner
	Ups and Downs	Tim Turner
	Spuds Galore	Tim Turner
	Money in the Slot	Tim Turner
1964	The Other Film World	Tim Turner

Disc 3

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	Laying The Table	Tim Turner
	New Hands on the Farm	Tim Turner
	Down Town	Michael Ingrams
	Farming For Fish	Tim Turner
	Putting More Beef into It	Tim Turner
	The Sweet Life	Tim Turner
	Living on Smoke	Tim Turner
	Cover Story	Michael Ingrams	Paperback books
	Evening Paper!	Tim Turner
	Music by the Mile	Tim Turner
	Home Tomorrow	Michael Ingrams
	Roll Out The Barrel	Tim Turner
	The Hidden Strength	Tim Turner
	Putting up a Show	Tim Turner
1967	Put to the Test	Michael Ingrams
1967	Put Out The Flags	Tim Turner	The uses and making of flags
1967	On The Scent	Tim Turner
1967	Hopping Along!	Martin Jarvis	Kent hop pickers
1968	Top Chef	Eugene Kaufeler	Chef Eugene Kaufeler of London's Dorchester Hotel
1968	Can you read this?	Michael Ingrams	Literacy in Britain

Volume 8: People and Places

Disc 1

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	Cause for Alarm	Tim Turner
	Dustmen's Day	Sidney James & Michael Henderson
	Let's Go Dancing
	Running Dry
	Model World
	Student Nurse
	In the Swim
	Safe in a Boat
	Glamour Girls
	I Protest!
	Brains - Unlimited
	Wheel Power
	Keeping Fit
	All Their Own Work
	Holiday - With Pay
	Women in Green
	Up to Scratch

Disc 2

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	Going to Blazes
	High Tension
	Match Makers
	Battle of the Bulge
	Prison on Wheels
	Controlled Landing
	Men in the Mode
	High Rise
	Relax, Relax!
	A Girl's Best Friend
	Earning Their Keep
	Getting a Move On
	The Cinema Steps Out
	One Horse-Power
	A Clean Sweep
	In Good Shape
	Blue Streak

Disc 3

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	...Through Glass
	Beauty - and the Rest
	Island at the Crossroads
	The Greatest of These...
	As Good as Gold
	Rolling Home
	Digging Up the Past
	Chairbound
	Glorious Mud
	Instant Homes
	Do it Yourself
	Who Wants a Statue?
	Donkey Work
	What's on the Roof?
	Calling the Tune
	Keeping in Touch
	Crossing the Channel

Disc 4

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	Tax Haven
	One for the Road
	Old School Tie
	Blood and Fire
	Putting on a Act
	Tails of the Law
	Cool Cats
	A Policeman's Lot
	You're Under Inspection
	Anything to Declare?
	When the Debs Come Out
	A New Deal for Deer
	Away from the Blackboard
	A Fair Cop
	Jobs for Dogs
	Inside Jobs
	Fire Over London

Disc 5

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	Clearway for Ships
	After Harold Fell
	Space for Adventure
	With the Lions
	Loads for Roads
	Things Out of Space
	Look - No Hands!
	Topping Out
	Eating High
	No Place Like Home
	Way Out West
	Out of the Rainbow
	The Hair Set
	Taking the Waters
	Collector's Pieces
	Funny Business is No Joke
	In For a Fast

Disc 6

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	Who Needs Eel Pie?
	Coming to Terms
	Ark in the Sky
	Booming Good Wishes
	Gardens to Order
	Pulling the Strings
	Murder Bag
	So Much Hot Air
	Little Orphan Annie
	Out of the Inn
	Gun Dogs
	Mini and Mod
	Stuck on Stamps
	The Big Sell
	High Living
	The Throwaway Society
	Some of My Best Friends are People!

Disc 7

Date of Feature	Title	Narrator	Synopsis
	There Ought to be a Law... There is!
	City Dogs
	On the Meter
	Painting People
	The Ganges Might Lead Anywhere
	Switch On at Seven
	Hot History
	Where Have All The Butterflies Gone?
	Watch on the Coast
	Southern Miracle
	Model Girl
	Gold in the Mud
	Link-Up
	Bronze, Silver and Gold
	Saturday Special

References

↑ "| Films by Movie Mail UK". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
↑ "Look at Life". BUFVC. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
↑ Farber, Alex (11 October 2012). "BBC4 takes a trip a down memory lane to 60s Britain". Broadcast. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
↑ BFI.org
↑ "Look at Life: Volume Two - Military". Amazon UK.
↑ "Network ON AIR > Look at Life: Volume 3 - Science". Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
↑ "Network ON AIR > Look at Life 6 World Affairs". Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
↑ "Network ON AIR > Look at Life". networkonair.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015.

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[1] "| Films by Movie Mail UK". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

[2] "Look at Life". BUFVC. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

[3] Farber, Alex (11 October 2012). "BBC4 takes a trip a down memory lane to 60s Britain". Broadcast. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[4] BFI.org

[5] "Look at Life: Volume Two - Military". Amazon UK.

[6] "Network ON AIR > Look at Life: Volume 3 - Science". Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

[7] "Network ON AIR > Look at Life 6 World Affairs". Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[8] "Network ON AIR > Look at Life". networkonair.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015.

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