Look at Life — Season 3

Aired 1 January 1961

The planning and progress of work on the new road scheme and underpass at Hyde Prak Corner and Marble Arch.

Aired 8 January 1961

Deals with the aircraft carrier "Hermes".

Aired 15 January 1961

Sidney James commentating on fleas and elephants in the circus.

Aired 22 January 1961

Survey of the revolution in farm machinery which leads to automated farming, enabling a farmer to operate his farm almost single-handed.

Aired 29 January 1961

Looks at the production and testing of guns and their use on moors, ranges and in the various shooting sports.

Aired 5 February 1961

The various uses of mid-air refuelling.

Aired 12 February 1961

The sport of rally car driving.

Aired 19 February 1961

The film covers the training, both above and below the surface of the sea with aqualung divers.

Aired 26 February 1961

The building of Brazil’s new capital city - Brasilia.

Aired 5 March 1961

Deals with the working of the Stock Exchange.

Aired 12 March 1961

All sorts of people of all ages have succumbed to the fascination of the brass band. In this film brass bands and the human and mechanical components that go to make them come under the spotlight.

Aired 19 March 1961

In this film the world of shellfish, from the delicate tasting oyster to the humbler but, many people say, no less succulent tasting mussel, is examined.

Aired 26 March 1961

A look at various pets.

Aired 2 April 1961

A look at what British skiers are doing, both at Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, and at Murren, where the British Championships provide almost as many thrills, if not such high speeds as...

Aired 9 April 1961

Deals with the growing strength of women’s periodicals.

Aired 16 April 1961

Shows the organisation, training methods and work done by the Fire Brigade in London.

Aired 23 April 1961

Deals with storms, floods and erosions along Britain’s coastline and how they are combated.

Aired 30 April 1961

The recreational and educational pursuit of painting.

Aired 7 May 1961

The Women’s Royal Naval Service was formed as a wartime service by more than 1,000 recruits each year

Aired 14 May 1961

Tension created by pressure of modern life. Methods of relieving these tensions, pep pills. The work of the Institute of Directors and a castle in N. Wales where executives can relax

Aired 21 May 1961

Models made from match sticks.

Aired 28 May 1961

A look at various ways of slimming.

Aired 4 June 1961

Light-hearted miscellany covering the problems of parking cars in London, the eight-storey mechanical park in the City, car-breaking and compulsory testing

Aired 11 June 1961

A look at various survival techniques with Peter Whittingham and [sic] RAF survival expert and Jock Wishart.

Aired 18 June 1961

The manufacture and the uses of ice.

Aired 25 June 1961

The manufacture of matresses.

Aired 2 July 1961

The hotel industry in Britain.

Aired 9 July 1961

Tells the story of Spalding, Lincolnshire, Britain’s Tulip Town.

Aired 16 July 1961

Deals with circumstances and situations where "muscles" still count: in the Army, in wrestling, weight lifting,

Aired 23 July 1961

Made with the co-operation of the Registrar-General, shows how the recent ten-year census was carried out.

Aired 30 July 1961

The development of Japan and especially Tokyo.

Aired 6 August 1961

A look at various sights, - in London, the Manchester Whitweek walks, liners, pet shop windows and holes!.

Aired 13 August 1961

The thrills, the toughness and the urgency that go to make up the training of some of Britain’s finest fighting men.

Aired 20 August 1961

English folk dancing including the Hobby Horse dance and the Furry dance.

Aired 27 August 1961

The men and women with ideas and how they go about getting them legally accepted.

Aired 3 September 1961

SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation) in Thailand.

Aired 10 September 1961

Inside the control tower of London Airport, and shows the talk-down procedure for an incoming Comet arriving in a fog.

Aired 17 September 1961

The competitive world of League football.

Aired 24 September 1961

The sport of rowing.

Aired 1 October 1961

The holiday rush to the seaside in Britain during August.

Aired 8 October 1961

Deals with the movements and the fishing of salmon.

Aired 15 October 1961

Shows the work of the gramophone record industry, from the birth of an idea to the finished disc, with Norrie Paramour, A&R manager.

Aired 22 October 1961

Demonstrates some thrilling occupations, including a steel erector, a quarry blastman, steeple jacks and riding the wall of death.

Aired 29 October 1961

Deals with the divided Berlin and the recent incidents on the East-West border.

Aired 5 November 1961

Deals with the men’s fashion industry.

Aired 12 November 1961

The work of the NAAFI, with location shots in Kuwait, Gibralter, Cyprus and Germany.

Aired 19 November 1961

The art of rose growing and the competition it breeds.

Aired 26 November 1961

In this intriguing film, lifts of all kinds come under the camera’s eye.

Aired 3 December 1961

A film following what happens to tea, from the time it is landed at the London docks until it reaches the domestic teapot. Scenes at London’s tea wharves are shown, with tea chests

Aired 10 December 1961

A film looking at the work involved in being a test pilot of jet planes, particularly concentrating on one test pilot, Jim Dell. The planes themselves, cockpits, instruments and the pilots’