Look at Life - Season 1

1. Marrakesh

Aired: 1/1/1959

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

2. Follow The Stars

Aired: 1/15/1959

Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.

3. The Doctor Suggests

Aired: 1/15/1959

Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.

4. A Marriage Is Arranged

Aired: 1/15/1959

5. Jumping To Aintree

Aired: 1/15/1959

6. Ticket To Tokyo

Aired: 1/15/1959

7. Letting Off Steam

Aired: 1/15/1959

8. A Dog’s Life

Aired: 1/15/1959

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

9. Market Place

Aired: 1/15/1959

Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.

10. Cause For Alarm

Aired: 1/15/1959

Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.

11. New Roads For Old

Aired: 1/15/1959

12. A Car Is Born

Aired: 1/15/1959

13. Saving Face

Aired: 1/15/1959

A look at the cosmetics industry.

14. The Divided City

Aired: 1/15/1959

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

15. Operation Noah’s Ark

Aired: 1/15/1959

Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.

16. Down London River

Aired: 1/15/1959

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

17. Coffee Bar

Aired: 1/15/1959

Coffee bars and their clientele.

18. Garden Of Tomorrow

Aired: 1/15/1959

A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.

19. Derby Day

Aired: 1/15/1959

A look at the tradition of Derby Day.

20. Money Talks

Aired: 1/15/1959

A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.

21. Flight On A Cushion

Aired: 1/15/1959

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.

22. Talking Of Coaches

Aired: 1/15/1959

A look at the advances in coach travel.

23. Seaway

Aired: 1/15/1959

The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.

24. Kings Of Speed

Aired: 1/15/1959

A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.

25. Making An Effort

Aired: 1/15/1959

26. Village Of Violins

Aired: 1/15/1959

The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.

27. The Black Arrows

Aired: 1/15/1959

Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.

28. Ceremonial Soldier

Aired: 1/15/1959

A day in the life of a guardsman.

29. Alpine Rescue

Aired: 1/15/1959

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

30. Down On The Farm

Aired: 1/15/1959

The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.

31. Shopping For A "Queen"

Aired: 1/15/1959

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.

32. Channel Tunnel

Aired: 1/15/1959

The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.

33. Harvest of Hops

Aired: 1/15/1959

The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.

34. Pony Tale

Aired: 1/15/1959

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.

35. Sailing The Sky

Aired: 1/15/1959

The sport of gliding.

36. Dustmen’s Day

Aired: 1/8/1959

The collection of refuse and its disposal.

37. Let’s Go Dancing

Aired: 1/15/1959

A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.

38. Soldier Abroad

Aired: 1/22/1959

The British Army on the Rhine.

39. Island Of Men

Aired: 1/29/1959

A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.

40. Bullfighter

Aired: 2/5/1959

Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.