1959 (1959)
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Episodes 40
Follow The Stars
Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.
Read MoreThe Doctor Suggests
Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.
Read MoreA Marriage Is Arranged
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Jumping To Aintree
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Ticket To Tokyo
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Letting Off Steam
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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
Read MoreMarket Place
Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.
Read MoreCause For Alarm
Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.
Read MoreNew Roads For Old
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A Car Is Born
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Saving Face
A look at the cosmetics industry.
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreOperation Noah’s Ark
Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.
Read MoreDown 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
Read MoreCoffee Bar
Coffee bars and their clientele.
Read MoreGarden Of Tomorrow
A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.
Read MoreMoney Talks
A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.
Read MoreFlight 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.
Read MoreTalking Of Coaches
A look at the advances in coach travel.
Read MoreKings Of Speed
A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.
Read MoreMaking An Effort
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Village Of Violins
The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.
Read MoreThe Black Arrows
Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.
Read MoreCeremonial Soldier
A day in the life of a guardsman.
Read MoreAlpine 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
Read MoreDown On The Farm
The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.
Read MoreShopping 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.
Read MoreChannel Tunnel
The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.
Read MoreHarvest of Hops
The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.
Read MoreSailing The Sky
The sport of gliding.
Read MoreDustmen’s Day
The collection of refuse and its disposal.
Read MoreLet’s Go Dancing
A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.
Read MoreSoldier Abroad
The British Army on the Rhine.
Read MoreIsland Of Men
A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.
Read MoreBullfighter
Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.
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