Rank Organisation Special Features Division

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.

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.

A look at Hitler's 'Eagle's Nest' in the Bavarian Alps; a construction which survived World War II, that has now become a popular tourist attraction.

A look at the "private clubs" of London. From the famous political clubs of the 18th century to the gambling clubs and the bohemian night clubs of the West End.

A short documentary about the tea drinking culture in the UK and the industry behind it.

A look at people who travel the world by air as part of their everyday jobs, including businessmen and women who fly around the world as easily as taking a taxi.

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 to study a mid-20th century development.

Beneath our feet is a little-seen world. This film reveals the labyrinth of London's sewers, an Aladdin's cave of silver, and the GPO's unique tube railway.

A look at Sir Francis Chichester and Sir Alec Rose who show what it means to sail around the world single-handed and the ten men who then set out to prove it can be done without stopping at all.

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

A visit to three of the most famous British public schools, showing their background and prospects for the future.

From birth, we are all inspected. This jolly film shows various ways everything in life is tested for various reasons.

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

An interesting look at the various seafaring jobs for women - from work on the great passenger liners, to merchant navies, plus a look at Russian women at sea.

A look cinema and its evolution regarding comfort and the different types of films that drew audiences in during the 1950's.

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.

A look at the role of the British coast guard.

Inside the control tower as air traffic controllers talk down an incoming Comet aeroplane in the London fog.

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 Cathedral gives a glimpse of a two-tone grey ATE 'Coffin Phone' as used on Communications Systems private exchange systems.

A look at what is being done to make cars and roads safer and to prevent accidents on the roads of Britain.