Look at Life

1963

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  • S5E193

    Farming For Fashion

    Jan 1, 1963

    A look at mink farming.

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  • S5E194

    The Black Watch

    Jan 8, 1963

    The visit of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, to the Black Watch on the North Inch of the Banks of the River Tay.

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  • S5E195

    Call From The Wild

    Jan 15, 1963

    A look at wildlife protection in North and South Rhodesia and the developing national parks.

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  • S5E196

    Beauty - And The Rest

    Jan 22, 1963

    A look at beauty contests with some of the contestants - Margaret Boardman, Jackie White, Maureen Gay, Delyse Humphreys and Patricia Bush.

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  • S5E197

    See How They Jump

    Jan 29, 1963

    A look at show jumping and how the show jumpers as well as their riders are made, featuring Douglas Bunn, the show jumper.

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  • S5E198

    Island At The Cross Roads

    Feb 5, 1963

    The Isle of Man, its history and economic problems, and how the Tynwald is attempting to overcome them.

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  • S5E199

    Pictures Tell The Story

    Feb 12, 1963

    The distribution of pictures to papers, magazines and television by wire, radio and Telstar.

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  • S5E200

    The Silent Change

    Feb 19, 1963

    The 200th issue combines the pageantry and ceremonial of the past with the drive for more exports. The ceremonies which go to make a Lord Mayor of London combined with glimpses of Britain’s

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  • S5E201

    Birdmen

    Feb 26, 1963

    Man’s attempts to fly by his own efforts. The Puffin by which John Wimpenny pedalled himself through the air for half a mile.

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  • S5E202

    Out Of The Bush

    Mar 5, 1963

    The life of Africans against the background of village life and life in the cities of Rhodesia and in the Copper Belt of Northern Rhodesia.

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  • S5E203

    Girls Of The Air

    Mar 12, 1963

    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.

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  • S5E204

    The Box On The Wall

    Mar 19, 1963

    The use of suggestion boxes to help step up production in industry. An ingenious device for scouring furred-up pipes won its inventor £1000.

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  • S5E205

    Caught in the Cold

    Mar 26, 1963

    The chaos brought by snow and ice to Britain’s town and country. A lot is being done to minimise the chaos with snow clearing vehicles on both motorways and railways.

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  • S5E206

    Figure It Out

    Apr 2, 1963

    Computers: how they are made, what they are used for and how they may develop in the future plus a look at ERNIE, the premium bond computer.

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  • S5E207

    Signposts Of The Sea

    Apr 9, 1963

    Lighthouses off the Welsh, Cornish and North-east coasts are seen from a new and enquiring angle and the modern lighthouse at Dungeness which is equipped with automatic controls.

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  • S5E208

    Crowning Glory

    Apr 16, 1963

    The creation of new hair styles, the training of future hairdressers and the art of wig-making.

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  • S5E209

    Keeping Clean

    Apr 23, 1963

    The story of the many thousands of people in Britain who are employed to keep offices, shops and other places clean.

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  • S5E210

    The City’s Built for Shooting

    Apr 30, 1963

    A film showing the development of some of today’s great film sets, from the time they take shape on the drawing board to when they are destroyed after shooting. Includes the films The LONG...

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  • S5E211

    The Greatest Of These...

    May 7, 1963

    Some of the ways in which money is collected for charity.

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  • S5E212

    New Universities

    May 14, 1963

    A description of what is being done to expand university training and facilities in this country against the background of the new Univesity of Sussex, near Brighton.

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  • S5E213

    Draw The Fires

    May 21, 1963

    An interim report on the modernisation of the railways, which will by 1972 replace steam locomotives by diesels and overhead electrification.

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  • S5E214

    It’s A Gamble

    May 28, 1963

    The vast scale and variety of gambling in Britain today, estimated at more than 840 million pounds changing hands in 1962.

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  • S5E215

    Rag Time

    Jun 4, 1963

    Student rags in Manchester, Hull, Sheffield and Leeds raise thousands of pounds for charity. Careful detailed planning as well as amusing and spectacular ideas contribute to the success of...

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  • S5E216

    The Destroyers

    Jun 11, 1963

    A description of pests of all kinds and what is being done to control or exterminate them.

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  • S5E217

    Market Day

    Jun 18, 1963

    The problems of meat marketing in meeting the changing demands of the housewife. A look at market day in various markets.

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  • S5E218

    Men Of The Woods

    Jun 25, 1963

    The famous forest community, at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, where today hardly 500 make a living out of woodcraft. Although many of the old customs still survive, the logs will be moved.

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  • S5E219

    Rising To High Office

    Jul 2, 1963

    London’s biggest office block with twenty-six floors rising to 350 feet, attracts visitors from all over the world, not just to see the view, but to study a mid-20th-century development which

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  • S5E220

    The Car Has Wings

    Jul 9, 1963

    Ways by which the motorist goes on holiday: showing some of the forty-five ferries in Great Britain, the car-sleeper train from London to the Highlands, flying to Geneva. Last year 137,000 cars

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  • S5E221

    Backroom Of The Sky

    Jul 16, 1963

    Some aspects of aircraft testing at Boscombe Down and the use of film in recording these tests.

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  • S5E222

    Trade Winds Blow

    Jul 23, 1963

    A survey of the industrial problems of the north-east of England and of what is being done to overcome them, both in adapting old industries and encouraging new ones.

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  • S5E223

    Vintage Models

    Jul 30, 1963

    A review of vintage cars - their owners, the collection at Beaulieu, the London to Brighton run and other enthusiast activities.

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  • S5E224

    People Of Power

    Aug 6, 1963

    A visit to the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station where commercial power is produced from nuclear energy, showing the working conditions which prevail.

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  • S5E225

    Glamour Gets A Passport

    Aug 13, 1963

    The fashion industry and its export plans, particularly for mass produced clothes to the continent, showing a fashion show of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers held at...

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  • S5E226

    They Learn As They See

    Aug 20, 1963

    Lessons outside the classroom: children from various schools learn history and geography out of doors - on a river trip, geography from the air, trips to stimulate interest in local history,..

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  • S5E227

    Queue For The Tee

    Aug 27, 1963

    Today golf is a £20,000,000 industry and the British golf ball goes all over the world, except to the United States where a slightly larger ball is used. Famous and unknown players show...

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  • S5E228

    Pilot Aboard

    Sep 3, 1963

    The story of Britain’s pilotage services; of the pilots themselves, who are always on call like Henry Brain; of the channel-marking buoys; and of the increasing part that radar is playing.

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  • S5E229

    Forging New Links

    Sep 10, 1963

    The story of Ulster started with colonisation financed by James I through the City of London. Recently members of the Honourable the Irish Society, including former Lord Mayors of London,..

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  • S5E230

    Second Chance

    Sep 17, 1963

    Made-to-measure limbs for all disabled people who need them are provided in Britain under the National Health Service. This second chance is achieved by research, the workshops, the training...

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  • S5E231

    Gipsy Holiday

    Sep 24, 1963

    The annual gathering of gypsies from all the Europe takes place at Saintes Maries de la Mer in the Camargue. This is a pilgrimage and a festival going back over 500 years.

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  • S5E232

    Where No Tide Flows

    Oct 1, 1963

    There are more than 2,000 miles of canals in Britain. Built for commerce in the Industrial Revolution, many have fallen into disuse but holiday makers are rediscovering them.

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  • S5E233

    Jazz All The Way

    Oct 8, 1963

    Survey of the jazz scene in Britain today: record sales and the festivals at Cleethorpes and Manchester.

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  • S5E234

    Key Of The Door

    Oct 15, 1963

    The Colleges of Advanced Technology in England and Wales with particular reference to Loughborough, with a speech by Prince Philip.

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  • S5E235

    As Good As Gold

    Oct 22, 1963

    Gold: stored in vaults of the Bank of England, worked by craftsmen and turned by the Royal Mint into sovereigns for export.

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  • S5E236

    Island Refuge

    Oct 29, 1963

    The Island of Skomer off the Pembrokeshire coast and the work of the warden of the wildlife sanctuary there, David Saunders, and his wife.

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  • S5E237

    Rolling Home

    Nov 5, 1963

    Caravanning in Britain today. Holiday sites and permanent sites. The export of caravans from Britain, now the world’s biggest exporter.

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  • S5E238

    In The Kart

    Nov 12, 1963

    The new sport of karting - miniature motor racing - for many families is almost an all-the-year-round hobby with practice on Saturdays, racing on Sundays and maintenance during the week.

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  • S5E239

    The Sky’s The Limit

    Nov 19, 1963

    Aerobatics, originally devised as manoeuvres to avoid a pursuing enemy, are today part of the training of specialised squadrons of the R.A.F. Civil flyers, members of the Tiger Club, also do...

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  • S5E240

    A Pinch Of Salt

    Nov 26, 1963

    An underground view of Britain’s only active salt mine at Meadowbank in Cheshire producing rock salt, used for clearing icy roads, as a fertiliser for sugar beet and also for medical...

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  • S5E241

    You Can’t Catch Much From A Fish

    Dec 3, 1963

    A view of what the six months compulsory quarantine period means to the animals and birds that are brought into Britain.

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  • S5E242

    Men Under Pressure

    Dec 10, 1963

    Some of the jobs that men do under pressure include building tunnels underwater, examining petrol and oil storage tanks, decontaminating and cleaning instruments of radiated materials at...

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  • S5E243

    Over My Shoulder

    Dec 17, 1963

    A look at the training in self-defence that is given to the Women Police and at the self-defensive arts and sports of Japanese origin - judo, aiki-do and kendo, ending with a sequence of...

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