Results: Stories
458 results found for '"The British National Film Catalogue"' in Footage or Written Source.
Pictures Tell The Story
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 199
- NoS ID
- 349823
- Story no
- 1 / 1
NoS synopsis: The distribution of pictures to papers, magazines and television by wire, radio and Telstar.
The Silent Change
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 200
- NoS ID
- 349824
- Story no
- 1 / 1
NoS synopsis: The 200th issue combines the pageantry and ceremonial of the past with the drive for more exports. The ceremonies which go to make a Lord Mayor of London combined with glimpses of Britain’s...
Birdmen
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 201
- NoS ID
- 349827
- Story no
- 1 / 1
NoS synopsis: Man’s attempts to fly by his own efforts. The Puffin by which John Wimpenny pedalled himself through the air for half a mile.
Out Of The Bush
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 202
- NoS ID
- 349828
- Story no
- 1 / 1
NoS synopsis: The life of Africans against the background of village life and life in the cities of Rhodesia and in the Copper Belt of Northern Rhodesia.
Girls Of The Air
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 203
- NoS ID
- 349829
- Story no
- 1 / 1
BFI synopsis: The work of the Women’s Royal Air Force, with Dame Anne Stephens, Air Commandant Jean Conan Doyle, senior radar technician Carole Nicholson, and Mary McGurk.
The Box On The Wall
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 204
- NoS ID
- 349830
- Story no
- 1 / 1
BFI synopsis: The use of suggestion boxes to help step up production in industry. An ingenious device for scouring furred-up pipes won its inventor £1000.
Caught in the Cold
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 205
- NoS ID
- 349831
- Story no
- 1 / 1
BFI synopsis: The chaos brought by snow and ice to Britain’s town and country. A lot is being done to minimise the chaos with snow clearing vehicles on both motorways and railways.
Figure It Out
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 206
- NoS ID
- 349832
- Story no
- 1 / 1
BFI synopsis: Computers: how they are made, what they are used for and how they may develop in the future plus a look at ERNIE, the premium bond computer.
Signposts Of The Sea
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 207
- NoS ID
- 349833
- Story no
- 1 / 1
NoS synopsis: Lighthouses off the Welsh, Cornish and North-east coasts are seen from a new and enquiring angle and the modern lighthouse at Dungeness which is equipped with automatic controls.
Crowning Glory
- Date released
- 1963
- Series name
- Look At Life
- Issue no
- 208
- NoS ID
- 349834
- Story no
- 1 / 1
NoS synopsis: The creation of new hair styles, the training of future hairdressers and the art of wig-making.