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Documenting our fondness for boats in a period that saw sailors seeking endurance world records and boatmen striving to halt the decline of rivers and canals.
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Series 1: 3. Getting Down To Business
This episode examines Look at Life's surprisingly entertaining films on the British economy, at a time when industry faced ever-increasing competition from abroad.
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Series 1 - This Sceptred Isle
A look at the short 1960s films that documented unusual British customs, rituals and traditions, as people preserved the idiosyncratic aspects of national life.
13-06-2014
BBC 4
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Series 2 - Island Nation
Using the 1960s Look at Life films to examine the implications of Britain's identity as an island nation, a geographical reality that influences our national psyche.
10-06-2014
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Series 2 - The Spirit Of The Sixties
1960s short films capture the post-war emergence of dynamic youth cultures and celebrate an age when creativity was flourishing in the music industry.
16-09-2014
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Series 2 - The Home Front
Series on 1960s British life continues by looking at how we tackled housing shortages, rebuilt cities and met the expectations of an increasingly affluent nation.
15-10-2014
BBC 4
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Series 2 - Kids Today
Using the Rank Organisation's Look at Life documentaries, a look at how childhood was transformed by sweeping changes to the British educational system in the 1960s.
03-06-2014
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