
Look at Life - 1959
Browse all 40 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
Episode 1
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
Episode 2
Follow The Stars
Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.
Episode 3
The Doctor Suggests
Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.
Episode 4
A Marriage Is Arranged
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Episode 5
Jumping To Aintree
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Episode 6
Ticket To Tokyo
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Episode 7
Letting Off Steam
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Episode 8
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
Episode 9
Market Place
Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.
Episode 10
Cause For Alarm
Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.
Episode 11
New Roads For Old
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Episode 12
A Car Is Born
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Episode 13
Saving Face
A look at the cosmetics industry.
Episode 14
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
Episode 15
Operation Noah’s Ark
Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.
Episode 16
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
Episode 17
Coffee Bar
Coffee bars and their clientele.
Episode 18
Garden Of Tomorrow
A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.
Episode 19
Derby Day
A look at the tradition of Derby Day.
Episode 20
Money Talks
A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.
Episode 21
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.
Episode 22
Talking Of Coaches
A look at the advances in coach travel.
Episode 23
Seaway
The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.
Episode 24
Kings Of Speed
A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.
Episode 25
Making An Effort
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Episode 26
Village Of Violins
The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.
Episode 27
The Black Arrows
Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.
Episode 28
Ceremonial Soldier
A day in the life of a guardsman.
Episode 29
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
Episode 30
Down On The Farm
The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.
Episode 31
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.
Episode 32
Channel Tunnel
The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.
Episode 33
Harvest of Hops
The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.
Episode 34
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.
Episode 35
Sailing The Sky
The sport of gliding.
Episode 36
Dustmen’s Day
The collection of refuse and its disposal.
Episode 37
Let’s Go Dancing
A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.
Episode 38
Soldier Abroad
The British Army on the Rhine.
Episode 39
Island Of Men
A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.
Episode 40
Bullfighter
Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.