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!”...

Demonstrating the police's communications systems....

An examination of the 60's trend of top-of-skyscraper revolving restaurants. First an overview of Europe's best then it's a detailed look at the problems involved in running the restaurant at the top of London's Post Office Tower....

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

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

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

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....

A focus on all the things you can do, if you are really determined, to take off those extra ounces and keep them at bay. Unveiling that there is more to the slimming business than meets the eye....

A look at archaeology and ways to preserve history....

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

A look at the Ministry of Aviation's centre at Boscombe Down, where plans are tested for the services....

Take a history tour on the River Thames. Lots of famous footage: Parliament, Big Ben, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral, Port of London, Cleopatra's Needle and much more!...

Taking a look at changing face of Portsmouth, England....

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

A look at how the Post Office Tower, now called the BT Tower, was built - and what goes on inside it....

A look at the dredging of the River Thames so the new big ships can sail along....

A look at the motor coach, with a view from the back of a coach during a tour of Italy....