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Look at Life was a regular series of short documentary films produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation and screened in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas – replacing the circuit’s newsreel Universal News which had become largely irrelevant with the advent of television news broadcasts. Marvellously concise and beautifully shot these ‘slice of life’ colour featurettes – numbering over 500 episodes in total – presented cinemagoers with varied aspects of contemporary British life and among the documentaries included here are several that vividly capture the vibrancy and optimism of the Swinging Sixties. Digitally restored from the original film elements this release compiles 54 memorable films which offer a fascinating snapshot of transport in 1960s Britain with many unseen since their first screening. Ticket to Tokyo April Letting Off Steam May New Roads for Old May Flight on a Cushion August Talking of Coaches... August Alpine Rescue October Shopping for a ‘Queen’ October Sailing the Sky November Driving Test December Shape of a Ship January Air Hostess February Taxi! Taxi!! March All Through the Night April Over and Under April Horse-power Riders July Eyes of the Law March Scooter Commuter April Sea Horses May So They All Hover Now September The Village Sleeps Again September Birdmen January Draw the Fires April The Car Has Wings June Vintage Models June Pilot Aboard July Where No Tide Flows August High Wide and Faster November Oil Aboard December Report on a River December Europe Grows Together December Turn of the Wheel April City of the Air May Behind the Ton-Up Boys August Going Places Under Water August Living with Cars November Flying to Work December The Spirit of Brooklands February Weather Adviser April What Price Safety? May Down in the Dumps September Cats of the Sea November Breaking the Ice March Skimming Through the Sixties December The Big Take-Off December Lighter Than Air March Just an Accident May Scrambling for It May The Straits of Dover June Where Do You Leave the Boat? August Pushing the Bike October Playing Trains December The City’s For Living In September All in a Day’s Work March A Load of Pheasants March
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