Tim Turner
Also Known As: John Freeman Turner
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bexley, Kent, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: September 07, 1924
Age: 100 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 01, 1987
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Look at Life: Goodbye, Piccadilly
Overview: This documentary in the Look At Life series – made by the Rank Organisation for screening in Odeon and Gaumont cinemas – was released in 1967 and anticipated a radical redevelopment of Piccadilly Circus, which never actually happened.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-13
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Jason and the Argonauts
Overview: Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-19
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Top Secret
Overview: A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-10
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Moulin Rouge
Overview: In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-23
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Look at Life: Everything Stops for Tea
Overview: A short documentary about the tea drinking culture in the UK and the industry behind it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Report on a River
Overview: A look at the River Thames, its past and present, from source to the sea. An examination of what has been done and is being done to modernize port services and to keep traffic moving—from holiday pleasure seekers to bustling commerce.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Rising to High Office
Overview: A fascinating look at 1963 mod-looking corporate office technology. Punched card data processing centers. The complex infrastructure that supports London's biggest office that attracts visitors from all over the world, not just to see the view, but to study a mid-20th century development.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Fire over London
Overview: The film Fire Over London is about the operation of the London Fire Brigade. In an office's switchboard room we see one of the hideous T&N green and ivory telephones supplied by General Telephone Systems. Another shot deep in the bowels of St Paul's Cathedral gives a glimpse of a two-tone grey ATE 'Coffin Phone' as used on Communications Systems private exchange systems.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Figure It Out
Overview: The story of computers: from electronic tape and punched cards, to austere-looking robots.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: The Cinema Steps Out
Overview: A look cinema and its evolution regarding comfort and the different types of films that drew audiences in during the 1950's.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Eating High
Overview: An examination of the 60's trend of top-of-skyscraper revolving restaurants. First an overview of Europe's best then it's a detailed look at the problems involved in running the restaurant at the top of London's Post Office Tower.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Eagle's Nest
Overview: A look at Hitler's 'Eagle's Nest' in the Bavarian Alps; a construction which survived World War II, that has now become a popular tourist attraction.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Dunkirk
Overview: A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-20
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Grip of the Strangler
Overview: A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Genres: Horror Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-11
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Operation Amsterdam
Overview: When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-12
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The Red Beret
Overview: Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves himself exceptionally skilled for a recruit, arousing the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts an investigation. He redeems himself during combat. The film was titled "Paratrooper" in the US.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-11
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Jackpot
Overview: Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Police Dog
Overview: When his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-01
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Mask of Dust
Overview: An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-10
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Hindle Wakes
Overview: During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-10
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The Dam Busters
Overview: The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
Genres: Drama Action History Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-16
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A Night to Remember
Overview: The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-03
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The Blue Streak Rocket
Overview: The building and launch of the British-made Blue Streak rocket.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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A Town Like Alice
Overview: In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-01
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Look at Life: Shelling Out
Overview: The world of shellfish, from the delicate tasting oyster to the succulent mussel.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Look at Life: Trouble on Oily Waters
Overview: How oil spills are dealt with and prevented.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Calling the Tune
Overview: A look at the popularity of music, both classical and electronic, in the mid-sixties.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Island Refuge
Overview: The work of warden David Saunders and his family on the island of Skomer, one of Britain's many wildlife havens.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Glorious Mud
Overview: An entertaining look at the role mud plays in all of our lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Over My Shoulder
Overview: A look at the increasing popularity of martial arts in the UK.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Living with Cars
Overview: A look at the increase in cars on the streets of the 1960s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Keeping Clean
Overview: New ways of cleaning in the mid-sixties.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Instant Homes
Overview: An interesting study of how new homes and flats are being built and the importance of building them faster.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Pilot Aboard
Overview: The captivating story of Britain's pilotage services to shipping.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Silver's New Shine
Overview: A unique look at silver and the extraordinary jobs it is used for today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Rag Time
Overview: Exploring the world of student's rags in Manchester, Hull, Sheffield, and Leeds.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: The Car Has Wings
Overview: The transportation of cars by air, sea, railway, and other methods.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: By Bread Alone
Overview: A look at all of the fascinating aspects about baking and how women influence what bread is made of.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Anything to Declare?
Overview: A look at the Customs and Excise service in Britain.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Doctor on Call
Overview: A look at the services that doctors provide, with a focus on a flying doctor in the remote areas of jungle in Malaya.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Boys Without Girls
Overview: A look at the boy's clubs across Britain, with a glimpse at what their future is likely to be.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Drummers of the Queen
Overview: A spotlight on the Junior Guardsmen's Company, which teaches drumming among other trades.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Glamour Gets a Passport
Overview: A glimpse of the UK fashion industry and its export plans.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Gypsy Holiday
Overview: Every May, Gypsies flock to the French seaside town of Saintes-Maries in the Camargue, for a festival in honour of a black Madonna (Sara) - the Gitan Pilgrimage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Lady by the Sea
Overview: A look at the world of one of Britain's most respected establishments: the seaside landlady.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Look at Life: Pictures Tell the Story
Overview: A look at the distribution of pictures and film that are used in newspapers, magazines and news bulletins.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Putting on an Act
Overview: Amateur dramatics in Great Britain.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Out of a Bomb Site
Overview: An intriguing look at cycle speedway. A game born on improvised tracks amid the rubble of the air raids. Now, more than 20 years later, it has become a thriving amateur sport.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Safe in a Boat
Overview: Charting the improvements in safety at sea.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Saving a Heritage
Overview: A detailed report on the National Trust and what it is doing to save Britain's national heritage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: High, Wide and Faster
Overview: Look at Life was a regular series of short documentary films produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of Rank Organisation and screened in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. This release compiles 54 memorable films which offer a fascinating snapshot of transport in 1960's Britain. A look at road building in the United Kingdom in the 1950's.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-01
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Look at Life: The Changing River
Overview: An in-depth look at the changing face of the River Rhine.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: The Needles Point the Way
Overview: A visit to the Isle of Wight, with glimpses of the stunning coast, picturesque towns, and magnificent countryside.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Will Taps Run Dry?
Overview: A look at what is being done to ensure that Britain doesn't face a water shortage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: You Can't Catch Much from a Fish!
Overview: A look at the compulsory quarantine dogs and cats taken into Great Britain must go through in order to stop rabies being brought into the country.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: Do It Yourself
Overview: An interesting look at the many and varied do-it-yourself jobs going on all over Britain.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Old School Tie
Overview: A visit to three of the most famous British public schools, showing their background and prospects for the future.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Blood and Fire
Overview: A look at the activities of the Salvation Army and how it has adjusted to the different needs of modern society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Flying to Work
Overview: We take to the air in planes and helicopters with a look at the increasing number in Britain's airspace; including a glimpse of the businessmen, jockeys, and models taking off.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Women at Sea
Overview: An interesting look at the various seafaring jobs for women - from work on the great passenger liners, to merchant navies, plus a look at Russian women at sea.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Talking of Coaches...
Overview: A look at the motor coach, with a view from the back of a coach during a tour of Italy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Look at Life: The Key of the Door
Overview: A look at the educational centres where training in technical subjects is aiming to keep pace with the demands of this scientific age.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: What Price Safety?
Overview: A look at what is being done to make cars and roads safer and to prevent accidents on the roads of Britain.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Digging Up the Past
Overview: A look at archaeology and ways to preserve history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Look at Life: City of Sailors
Overview: Taking a look at changing face of Portsmouth, England.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Fings Are Getting Smaller
Overview: Taking a look at how everything is being reduced in size in the compact age of the 1960s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: The Golden West
Overview: A film exploring the buried wealth beneath the soil of Cornwall, from its famous tin mines to the flourishing industries built on granite, stone and china clay.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: For Crying Out Loud
Overview: A fascinating look at the advertising industry, with a focus on how it works and what it does
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Clearway for Ships
Overview: A look at the dredging of the River Thames so the new big ships can sail along.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Bookies at the Crossroads
Overview: Study of the present state of bookmakers in England, their possible future, and competition represented by the tote.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: One for the Road
Overview: A look at the police procedures when they see a driver under the influence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Early Starters
Overview: A look at Britain's nursery schools.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Hyde Park Corner
Overview: A look at reworking of the travel system in the Hyde Park area, including Marble Arch.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Look at Life: The Flying Soldier
Overview: A look at how the British Army developed its own Air Corps.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Men Against the Sea
Overview: For centuries the Dutch have fought against the sea: this film looks at the Delta Plan, a spectacular sea-defence scheme.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Hidden Strength
Overview: A look at the hidden exports of the city of London and all the different Investments that are made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: Jobs with a Thrill
Overview: A look at jobs requiring a head for heights.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Look at Life: A Fair Cop
Overview: A look at the role women play in the British Police Force.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: The Village Sleeps Again
Overview: A look at the arguments for and against building bypasses, and their effects on small towns and villages.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Living on a Volcano
Overview: Ascension Island is home to many families, who sometimes work there for up to two years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: You're Under Inspection
Overview: From birth, we are all inspected. This jolly film shows various ways everything in life is tested for various reasons.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Treading on the Gas
Overview: A look at the methane gas ships that come to the UK from the Sahara Desert.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Jumping Jets
Overview: A look at the new Hawker Siddeley Kestrel jet, that can take off like a helicopter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: High and Dry
Overview: A compelling look at the ceremony of the installation of Sir Robert Menzie as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: The Tower of Babble
Overview: A look at how the Post Office Tower, now called the BT Tower, was built - and what goes on inside it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Away from the Blackboard
Overview: Taking a look at British comprehensive schools a decade after their inception.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Driving Test
Overview: Driving school tuition, including the innovative mock-up car, the junior driver course and the training of police drivers and London bus drivers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Look at Life: Shopping for a Queen
Overview: A look into what it takes to replenish and 83,000 ton liner, the Queen Elizabeth, before her next voyage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Look at Life: All Through the Night
Overview: A look into trunk roads with the night lorries, following the night drivers, to see where they eat and who they meet.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Look at Life: Boxes of Tricks
Overview: A look at the machines used for teaching, the educational box of tricks which is being used in many different ways.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Evening Paper!
Overview: A look at English evening papers and how science is helping them to cut costs.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Smashing Through
Overview: A look at the exciting world of stock car racing, with glimpses at all the bumps and smashes, and thrills and spills that make up this amazing sport.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Look at Life: Submarine
Overview: A look at life in a submarine and the work that is carried out within.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Look at Life: Holiday - with Pay
Overview: A look at what students get up to during their three-month summer holidays.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Look at Life: Face Lift
Overview: A tale of two cities, looking at the ways in which Paris and London have set about cleaning up their appearance.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Rendered Safe
Overview: The spotlight shines on the brave bomb disposal units of the three services, and a look at the many risks they take.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: The Wall
Overview: A look at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, and a more detailed examination of the Berlin Wall in Germany.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Riding It Rough
Overview: A look at the sport of speedway racing, a sport which satisfies the modern thirst for speed. Also, with a look at how cross-country riding introduced a new hazard of man made obstacles
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Look at Life: Under Your Feet
Overview: Beneath our feet is a little-seen world. This film reveals the labyrinth of London's sewers, an Aladdin's cave of silver, and the GPO's unique tube railway.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: State Occasions
Overview: A look at the fascinating work of the Earl Marshal of England and the College of Arms, who are behind every full state ceremonial.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Look at Life: Any Old Iron?
Overview: A look at the people who prepare salvaged steel to be re-used, also with a glimpse at the steel foundries which melt it all down again.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Look - No Hands!
Overview: An interesting look at model planes and how they are used for work as well as play.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Moving Day
Overview: A look at how the headquarters of NATO was moved out of France and re-established in Belgium.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: Music by the Mile
Overview: A look at piped music, with a focus on how it is produced and networked.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Roll Out the Barrel
Overview: A look at the ancient art of barrel-making, and all the different uses that they are put to.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Taking the Waters
Overview: The spotlight falls on some of the aspects of the social services in the Germany.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: No Place Like Home
Overview: A look at the unlikely buildings that have been made into homes, with a glimpse of a house built like a child's construction set.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: The Cherry-Pickers
Overview: A look at the history of the 11th Hussars, a regiment that celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1965.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: The Churchill Pilgrimage
Overview: A trip to Chartwell Manor to look at the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: The Things They Sell
Overview: A look at the different types of British exports that were being made in 1965.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Look at Life: Over the Sticks
Overview: A look at steeplechasing in Britain.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Sea Riders
Overview: A look at the world's toughest power-boat race, taking place off Britain's South Coast, from Cowes to Torquay.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Cool Cats
Overview: A look at the world of cats from the rare to the newer breeds, including the fashionable Siamese.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: Putting Up a Show
Overview: A look into the complex organisation of exhibition display, which draw hundreds of thousands of people to every show.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: Funny Business Is No Joke
Overview: A peek behind the scenes at the business of the comedian and how it is being expanded for film and television.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: The Straits of Dover
Overview: A look at the 750 ships that pass through the five mile wide shipping channel every day.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: Taxi! Taxi!!
Overview: A look into the organisation behind London's taxis, their maintenance, regulation of meters, training for the 'knowledge' to picking up passengers and driver welfare.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Look at Life: Ark in the Sky
Overview: A look at the livestock traffic passing through Heathrow Airport which are cared for by the RSPCA.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: Controlled Landing
Overview: Inside the control tower as air traffic controllers talk down an incoming Comet aeroplane in the London fog.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Look at Life: Pushing the Bike
Overview: A look at the impact of the bicycle and the increasing interest in cycle racing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: Playing Trains
Overview: A look at Britain's promising railway preservation scene, featuring a trip with the locomotive Flying Scotsman on one of its last mainline runs.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Look at Life: East of Suez
Overview: More than 50,000 British soldiers, sailors and airmen police the rivers and jungles of Borneo.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Look at Life: Having a Baby
Overview: A look at the medical and social services available for both hospital and home births.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: How Do You Swing?
Overview: How research into the golfer's swing is progressing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Look at Life: Girls of the Air
Overview: A look at the women of the WRAF.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Gift Horse
Overview: Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Genres: Adventure War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-01
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Look at Life: In Good Shape
Overview: A look at The Design Centre in Haymarket, London, that opened in 1956 by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh to showcase and endorse contemporary design on a permanent basis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: On the Scent
Overview: A look at the popularity of perfume and its many newer uses: from scented wrappings as an aid to sales, to scented fur coats and men's suits.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: Plumbing the Depths
Overview: A look at the importance of surveying the world's seas and oceans.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Look at Life: Relax, Relax!
Overview: A look at what people do when they are not at work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Look at Life: The Big Sell
Overview: The Look at Life cameras go abroad to see how Britain's goods and trade are being sold to other countries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Look at Life: The Other Film World
Overview: Exploring some of the industrial applications of film, and the many ways in which it is used as a tool in man's search for knowledge.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Look at Life: I Protest!
Overview: A glimpse at some of the people in Britain who have something to protest about, including a look at the Aldermaston marchers and Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Look at Life: Put Out the Flags
Overview: A look at the world of flag makers and their flags.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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