Look at Life - 1963
193 - Farming For Fashion
Air Date: January 1, 1963
A look at mink farming.
194 - The Black Watch
Air Date: January 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.
195 - Call From The Wild
Air Date: January 15, 1963
A look at wildlife protection in North and South Rhodesia and the developing national parks.
196 - Beauty - And The Rest
Air Date: January 22, 1963
A look at beauty contests with some of the contestants - Margaret Boardman, Jackie White, Maureen Gay, Delyse Humphreys and Patricia Bush.
197 - See How They Jump
Air Date: January 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.
198 - Island At The Cross Roads
Air Date: February 5, 1963
The Isle of Man, its history and economic problems, and how the Tynwald is attempting to overcome them.
199 - Pictures Tell The Story
Air Date: February 12, 1963
The distribution of pictures to papers, magazines and television by wire, radio and Telstar.
200 - The Silent Change
Air Date: February 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
201 - Birdmen
Air Date: February 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.
202 - Out Of The Bush
Air Date: March 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.
203 - Girls Of The Air
Air Date: March 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.
204 - The Box On The Wall
Air Date: March 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.
205 - Caught in the Cold
Air Date: March 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.
206 - Figure It Out
Air Date: April 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.
207 - Signposts Of The Sea
Air Date: April 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.
208 - Crowning Glory
Air Date: April 16, 1963
The creation of new hair styles, the training of future hairdressers and the art of wig-making.
209 - Keeping Clean
Air Date: April 23, 1963
The story of the many thousands of people in Britain who are employed to keep offices, shops and other places clean.
210 - The City’s Built for Shooting
Air Date: April 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...
211 - The Greatest Of These...
Air Date: May 7, 1963
Some of the ways in which money is collected for charity.
212 - New Universities
Air Date: 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.
213 - Draw The Fires
Air Date: May 21, 1963
An interim report on the modernisation of the railways, which will by 1972 replace steam locomotives by diesels and overhead electrification.
214 - It’s A Gamble
Air Date: May 28, 1963
The vast scale and variety of gambling in Britain today, estimated at more than 840 million pounds changing hands in 1962.
215 - Rag Time
Air Date: June 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...
216 - The Destroyers
Air Date: June 11, 1963
A description of pests of all kinds and what is being done to control or exterminate them.
217 - Market Day
Air Date: June 18, 1963
The problems of meat marketing in meeting the changing demands of the housewife. A look at market day in various markets.
218 - Men Of The Woods
Air Date: June 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.
219 - Rising To High Office
Air Date: July 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
220 - The Car Has Wings
Air Date: July 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
221 - Backroom Of The Sky
Air Date: July 16, 1963
Some aspects of aircraft testing at Boscombe Down and the use of film in recording these tests.
222 - Trade Winds Blow
Air Date: July 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.
223 - Vintage Models
Air Date: July 30, 1963
A review of vintage cars - their owners, the collection at Beaulieu, the London to Brighton run and other enthusiast activities.
224 - People Of Power
Air Date: August 6, 1963
A visit to the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station where commercial power is produced from nuclear energy, showing the working conditions which prevail.
225 - Glamour Gets A Passport
Air Date: August 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...
226 - They Learn As They See
Air Date: August 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,..
227 - Queue For The Tee
Air Date: August 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...
228 - Pilot Aboard
Air Date: September 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.
229 - Forging New Links
Air Date: September 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,..
230 - Second Chance
Air Date: September 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...
231 - Gipsy Holiday
Air Date: September 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.
232 - Where No Tide Flows
Air Date: October 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.
233 - Jazz All The Way
Air Date: October 8, 1963
Survey of the jazz scene in Britain today: record sales and the festivals at Cleethorpes and Manchester.
234 - Key Of The Door
Air Date: October 15, 1963
The Colleges of Advanced Technology in England and Wales with particular reference to Loughborough, with a speech by Prince Philip.
235 - As Good As Gold
Air Date: October 22, 1963
Gold: stored in vaults of the Bank of England, worked by craftsmen and turned by the Royal Mint into sovereigns for export.
236 - Island Refuge
Air Date: October 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.
237 - Rolling Home
Air Date: November 5, 1963
Caravanning in Britain today. Holiday sites and permanent sites. The export of caravans from Britain, now the world’s biggest exporter.
238 - In The Kart
Air Date: November 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.
239 - The Sky’s The Limit
Air Date: November 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...
240 - A Pinch Of Salt
Air Date: November 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...
241 - You Can’t Catch Much From A Fish
Air Date: December 3, 1963
A view of what the six months compulsory quarantine period means to the animals and birds that are brought into Britain.
242 - Men Under Pressure
Air Date: December 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...
243 - Over My Shoulder
Air Date: December 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...