Movies: Rank Organisation Special Features Division

Join the cool kids on the Kings Road and Carnaby Street as youth fashion brings a welcome splash of colour to Britain. “Don't take it too seriously, or you'll be missing the point!”...

A visit to the Isle of Man to discover why it wants greater independence....

This documentary in the Look At Life series – made by the Rank Organisation for screening in Odeon and Gaumont cinemas – was released in 1967 and anticipated a radical redevelopment of Piccadilly Circus, which never actually happened....

The film Fire Over London is about the operation of the London Fire Brigade. In an office's switchboard room we see one of the hideous T&N green and ivory telephones supplied by General Telephone Systems. Another shot deep in the bowels of St Paul's ...

A look at the day-to-day running of the historic Tower of London and coping with up to 16,000 visitors each day. A stunning display of the Crown Jewels....

A peek behind the scenes at the business of the comedian and how it is being expanded for film and television....

A look into London's street markets and how they're suffering to compete with supermarkets....

A look at the increasing mechanisation of hop picking....

Look at life in an estate of tower blocks in Bristol where the city council have built over a hundred in recent years....

A look at the efforts being made to prevent Venice from sinking into the mud....

A look into the science of removals, following a family's move from Suffolk to Edinburgh....

A look at the restoration of vintage vehicles with visits to the Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest, the high-speed trials at Silverstone, and the famous London-to-Brighton run....

A fascinating look at 1963 mod-looking corporate office technology. Punched card data processing centers. The complex infrastructure that supports London's biggest office that attracts visitors from all over the world, not just to see the view, but t...

A look into the natural world of the butterfly and the reasons for the apparent shortage of them....

A visit to Smithfield Market, Covent Garden and Billingsgate, at their busiest time, the early morning....

A behind the scenes look at the record industry, with glimpses of the finished disc and how they are produced, with a focus on Helen Shapiro's 'Walkin' Back to Happiness' single....

The story of computers: from electronic tape and punched cards, to austere-looking robots....

A visit to the Isle of Wight, with glimpses of the stunning coast, picturesque towns, and magnificent countryside....

An overview of high-rise construction activity in London. From the crane operators who build the new sky-scrapers to the tenants who live in the penthouses, this newsreel provides a colorful birds-eye view of London Town....

A look at the River Thames, its past and present, from source to the sea. An examination of what has been done and is being done to modernize port services and to keep traffic moving—from holiday pleasure seekers to bustling commerce....