Look at Life: IN Gear 1967
Join the cool kids on the Kings Road and Carnaby Street as youth fashion brings a welcome splash of colour to Britain. “Don't take it too seriously, or you'll be missing the point!”
Join the cool kids on the Kings Road and Carnaby Street as youth fashion brings a welcome splash of colour to Britain. “Don't take it too seriously, or you'll be missing the point!”
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.
A look at the increasing mechanisation of hop picking.
A look into London's street markets and how they're suffering to compete with supermarkets.
Demonstrating the police's communications systems.
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.
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.
The story of computers: from electronic tape and punched cards, to austere-looking robots.
A visit to the Isle of Man to discover why it wants greater independence.
A look at the day-to-day running of the historic Tower of London and coping with up to 16,000 visitors each day. A stunning display of the Crown Jewels.
Take a history tour on the River Thames. Lots of famous footage: Parliament, Big Ben, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral, Port of London, Cleopatra's Needle and much more!
A look at archaeology and ways to preserve history.
A focus on all the things you can do, if you are really determined, to take off those extra ounces and keep them at bay. Unveiling that there is more to the slimming business than meets the eye.
A look at the motor coach, with a view from the back of a coach during a tour of Italy.
A short documentary about the tea drinking culture in the UK and the industry behind it.
A look cinema and its evolution regarding comfort and the different types of films that drew audiences in during the 1950's.
A look at the flourishing winter sports business within Scotland.
A detailed report on the National Trust and what it is doing to save Britain's national heritage.
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.
A study of the 800 years of pageantry and ceremony that surrounds the induction of a new Lord Mayor of London.