1963
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- S5E194
The Black Watch
Jan 8, 1963The visit of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, to the Black Watch on the North Inch of the Banks of the River Tay.
- S5E195
Call From The Wild
Jan 15, 1963A look at wildlife protection in North and South Rhodesia and the developing national parks.
- S5E196
Beauty - And The Rest
Jan 22, 1963A look at beauty contests with some of the contestants - Margaret Boardman, Jackie White, Maureen Gay, Delyse Humphreys and Patricia Bush.
- S5E197
See How They Jump
Jan 29, 1963A look at show jumping and how the show jumpers as well as their riders are made, featuring Douglas Bunn, the show jumper.
- S5E198
Island At The Cross Roads
Feb 5, 1963The Isle of Man, its history and economic problems, and how the Tynwald is attempting to overcome them.
- S5E199
Pictures Tell The Story
Feb 12, 1963The distribution of pictures to papers, magazines and television by wire, radio and Telstar.
- S5E200
The Silent Change
Feb 19, 1963The 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
- S5E201
Birdmen
Feb 26, 1963Man’s attempts to fly by his own efforts. The Puffin by which John Wimpenny pedalled himself through the air for half a mile.
- S5E202
Out Of The Bush
Mar 5, 1963The life of Africans against the background of village life and life in the cities of Rhodesia and in the Copper Belt of Northern Rhodesia.
- S5E203
Girls Of The Air
Mar 12, 1963The 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.
- S5E204
The Box On The Wall
Mar 19, 1963The use of suggestion boxes to help step up production in industry. An ingenious device for scouring furred-up pipes won its inventor £1000.
- S5E205
Caught in the Cold
Mar 26, 1963The 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.
- S5E206
Figure It Out
Apr 2, 1963Computers: 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.
- S5E207
Signposts Of The Sea
Apr 9, 1963Lighthouses 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.
- S5E208
Crowning Glory
Apr 16, 1963The creation of new hair styles, the training of future hairdressers and the art of wig-making.
- S5E209
Keeping Clean
Apr 23, 1963The story of the many thousands of people in Britain who are employed to keep offices, shops and other places clean.
- S5E210
The City’s Built for Shooting
Apr 30, 1963A 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...
- S5E211
The Greatest Of These...
May 7, 1963Some of the ways in which money is collected for charity.
- S5E212
New Universities
May 14, 1963A 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.
- S5E213
Draw The Fires
May 21, 1963An interim report on the modernisation of the railways, which will by 1972 replace steam locomotives by diesels and overhead electrification.
- S5E214
It’s A Gamble
May 28, 1963The vast scale and variety of gambling in Britain today, estimated at more than 840 million pounds changing hands in 1962.
- S5E215
Rag Time
Jun 4, 1963Student 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...
- S5E216
The Destroyers
Jun 11, 1963A description of pests of all kinds and what is being done to control or exterminate them.
- S5E217
Market Day
Jun 18, 1963The problems of meat marketing in meeting the changing demands of the housewife. A look at market day in various markets.
- S5E218
Men Of The Woods
Jun 25, 1963The 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.
- S5E219
Rising To High Office
Jul 2, 1963London’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
- S5E220
The Car Has Wings
Jul 9, 1963Ways 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
- S5E221
Backroom Of The Sky
Jul 16, 1963Some aspects of aircraft testing at Boscombe Down and the use of film in recording these tests.
- S5E222
Trade Winds Blow
Jul 23, 1963A 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.
- S5E223
Vintage Models
Jul 30, 1963A review of vintage cars - their owners, the collection at Beaulieu, the London to Brighton run and other enthusiast activities.
- S5E224
People Of Power
Aug 6, 1963A visit to the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station where commercial power is produced from nuclear energy, showing the working conditions which prevail.
- S5E225
Glamour Gets A Passport
Aug 13, 1963The 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...
- S5E226
They Learn As They See
Aug 20, 1963Lessons 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,..
- S5E227
Queue For The Tee
Aug 27, 1963Today 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...
- S5E228
Pilot Aboard
Sep 3, 1963The 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.
- S5E229
Forging New Links
Sep 10, 1963The 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,..
- S5E230
Second Chance
Sep 17, 1963Made-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...
- S5E231
Gipsy Holiday
Sep 24, 1963The 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.
- S5E232
Where No Tide Flows
Oct 1, 1963There 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.
- S5E233
Jazz All The Way
Oct 8, 1963Survey of the jazz scene in Britain today: record sales and the festivals at Cleethorpes and Manchester.
- S5E234
Key Of The Door
Oct 15, 1963The Colleges of Advanced Technology in England and Wales with particular reference to Loughborough, with a speech by Prince Philip.
- S5E235
As Good As Gold
Oct 22, 1963Gold: stored in vaults of the Bank of England, worked by craftsmen and turned by the Royal Mint into sovereigns for export.
- S5E236
Island Refuge
Oct 29, 1963The Island of Skomer off the Pembrokeshire coast and the work of the warden of the wildlife sanctuary there, David Saunders, and his wife.
- S5E237
Rolling Home
Nov 5, 1963Caravanning in Britain today. Holiday sites and permanent sites. The export of caravans from Britain, now the world’s biggest exporter.
- S5E238
In The Kart
Nov 12, 1963The 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.
- S5E239
The Sky’s The Limit
Nov 19, 1963Aerobatics, 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...
- S5E240
A Pinch Of Salt
Nov 26, 1963An 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...
- S5E241
You Can’t Catch Much From A Fish
Dec 3, 1963A view of what the six months compulsory quarantine period means to the animals and birds that are brought into Britain.
- S5E242
Men Under Pressure
Dec 10, 1963Some 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...
- S5E243
Over My Shoulder
Dec 17, 1963A 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...