Movies: Rank Organisation Special Features Division

A look into London's street markets and how they're suffering to compete with supermarkets....

A look into the natural world of the butterfly and the reasons for the apparent shortage of them....

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....

Look at life in an estate of tower blocks in Bristol where the city council have built over a hundred in recent years....

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....

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....

A look at people who travel the world by air as part of their everyday jobs, including businessmen and women who fly around the world as easily as taking a taxi....

A visit to the Isle of Man to discover why it wants greater independence....

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....

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 ...

A look at the increasing mechanisation of hop picking....

A visit to the Isle of Wight, with glimpses of the stunning coast, picturesque towns, and magnificent countryside....

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 t...

A behind the scenes look at the record industry, with glimpses of the finished disc and how they are produced, with a focus on Helen Shapiro's 'Walkin' Back to Happiness' single....

A look at the efforts being made to prevent Venice from sinking into the mud....

A look at the boy's clubs across Britain, with a glimpse at what their future is likely to be....

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....

The story of computers: from electronic tape and punched cards, to austere-looking robots....

A look into the science of removals, following a family's move from Suffolk to Edinburgh....

A look at the impact of the bicycle and the increasing interest in cycle racing....