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Series using the Rank Organisation's "Look at Life" documentary shorts to examine British society during the 1960s.
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Watching1. A Woman's Place
Using the Rank Organisation's Look at Life series of documentaries, a look at the radical shifts in the position of women in British society during the 1960s.
2. Brits at Play
Using the Rank Organisation's Look at Life series of films, a look at how Britain's increasingly affluent population took full advantage of new leisure opportunities.
3. Getting Down to Business
Using the Look at Life series of 1960s documentaries, a look at the British economy at a time when industry faced ever-increasing competition from abroad.
4. Dedicated Followers of Fashion
Short, quirky documentaries that recorded developments in one of 1960s Britain's most dynamic, innovative industries - the glamorous world of fashion.
5. The Joy of Tech
A look at the advances in technology at a time when automatic washing machines were transforming home life and computers were about to revolutionise the workplace.
6. War and Peace
Look at Life's coverage of the Cold War, with footage from anti-nuclear protests in London, British forces stationed in Berlin and everyday life in Eastern Europe.
7. This Sceptered 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.
8. Animal Magic
A look at the 1960s short films that documented Britain's ambiguous relationships with animals, including the fur trade, fox hunting, animals in circuses and pets.
9. Country Living
How new technologies and production methods changed the face of agriculture and country life adapted to the new economic and moral realities of 1960s Britain.
10. End of Empire
A look at 1960s short films examining the changing shape of the British Empire and the emerging Commonwealth from as far afield as Aden, Malaysia and Ascension Island.
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