Look at Life: Swinging London

Synopsis: Sixteen films from the colourful LOOK AT LIFE series, produced by the Rank Organisation every week for screening in Odeon cinemas between 1960 and 1969. Stories covered include the boutiques of Carnaby Street, the Post Office Tower restaurant, Sid James exploring London’s street markets, frothy coffee bars, high rise living, ‘it’ girls, scooter boys, Soho jazz clubs, a journey down the Thames, inside the Shell Centre, old Piccadilly Circus before it was redeveloped, the local fire brigade, traffic wardens, and the Tower of London. The actual film titles are: Report On A River (No 249,1964); Shopping By The Ton (No. 75, 1960); Rising To High Office ((No. 219, 1963); Coffee Bars (No 17, 1959); In Gear (No. 418, 1967); Change At The Tower (No. 443, 1967); Fire Over London (No. 366, 1966); Goodbye, Piccadilly (No. 440, 1967); Market Place ((No. 9, 1959); Members Only (No. 323, 1965) ;Top People (No. 64, 1960); On The Meter (No. 477, 1968); Eating High (No. 399, 1966); Down London River (No. 16, 1959).
Series: Look at Life
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2006
Subjects: Sociology
Keywords: cinema - UK; London; social history; history of the 20th century; cinemagazines

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