1st Jan 1959

View of Marrakesh, men riding on donkeys whilst commentary describes the position of Marrakesh CU of a camel. Camels being led: the market place: Arabs meet to talk or to drive a bargain: commentary gives a brief history of Marrakesh

15th Jan 1959

Looking at the stars from the astrologer’s, the astronomer’s and the radio-astronomer’s point of view.

15th Jan 1959

Shows how hypnotism has developed from being a stage entertaiment to being a useful tool in the hands of the doctors.

15th Jan 1959

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15th Jan 1959

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15th Jan 1959

Dogs as pets, including the Queen’s corgis, and as working dogs - gun dogs, sheep dogs, guide dogs, police dogs and guard dogs. Also shows breeders, veterinarians, the People’s Dispensary

15th Jan 1959

Supermarkets contrasted with London street markets.

15th Jan 1959

Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.

15th Jan 1959

15th Jan 1959

15th Jan 1959

A look at the cosmetics industry.

15th Jan 1959

Travelogue - Berlin. Panning aerial shots: the Mayor’s offices: Emperor William Memorial Church (94): Willy Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin, arriving in London on April 21st 1959 for discussion

15th Jan 1959

Operation Noah’s Ark’ devoted to rescuing animals from an island which was flooded by the Zambesi river.

15th Jan 1959

Travelogue of the River Thames. Shot of: Big Ben: the Embankment: people boarding a pleasure boat at Westminster: people buy tickets: the steamer sets off: the Houses of Parliament

15th Jan 1959

Coffee bars and their clientele.

15th Jan 1959

A trip around the Chelsea Flower Show.

15th Jan 1959

A look at the tradition of Derby Day.

15th Jan 1959

A look at the financial institutions of London, including the Royal Mint.

15th Jan 1959

Looks at the development of the Saunders-Roe SR.N1 hovercraft, the first full-size experimental model, and its maiden flight across the English Channel. Includes an interview with Christopher Sydney Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft, who demonstrates his original model made of tin cans, and Peter Lamb, test pilot for the hovercraft.

15th Jan 1959

A look at the advances in coach travel.

15th Jan 1959

The St Lawrence Seaway and its impact on Canada.

15th Jan 1959

A look at the motor racing industry and the part played by British cars and British drivers.

15th Jan 1959

15th Jan 1959

The violin making industry in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps.

15th Jan 1959

Explores the internationally famous formation team and their aerobatic daring in Hunter jets.

15th Jan 1959

A day in the life of a guardsman.

15th Jan 1959

Just four men, Swiss glacier pilots, have mastered the art of landing light aircraft on the glaciers and snowfields of the Alps, rescuing injured or stranded climbers in situations difficult to

15th Jan 1959

The Royal Agricultural Show and the agricultural industry.

15th Jan 1959

Every fortnight the liner the Queen Elisabeth has to be completely restocked and this is a mammoth housekeeping operation which has to be completed in 48 hours.

15th Jan 1959

The possibilities of the construction of a Channel Tunnel.

15th Jan 1959

The annual trip to the hop fields in Kent by people living in the East End of London.

15th Jan 1959

A film of a pony from the time it is rounded up in the forest until, with its young rider astride, it enters for the high spot of the pony-riding year.

15th Jan 1959

The sport of gliding.

8th Jan 1959

The collection of refuse and its disposal.

15th Jan 1959

A survey of all that dancing involves from teenage rock ‘n’ roll sessions to exhibition ballroom dancing.

22nd Jan 1959

The British Army on the Rhine.

29th Jan 1959

A tour of Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, where live three times as many men as women.

5th Feb 1959

Dealing with the professional work of Vincent Hitchcock, the British bullfighter; shots of him training and in action.