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Messing About in Boats
Britain on Film - S2 - E6
Documenting our fondness for boats in a period that saw sailors seeking endurance world records and boatmen striving to halt the decline of rivers and canals.
Britain on Film: Season 2 - 10 Episode s
2x1 - Times of Change
May 27, 2013
The Rank Organisation's Look at Life shorts document the profound shifts across Britain's political, economic and cultural landscapes in the 1960s.
2x2 - Kids Today
June 3, 2013
Using the Rank Organisation's Look at Life documentaries, a look at how childhood was transformed by sweeping changes to the British educational system in the 1960s.
2x3 - Island Nation
June 10, 2013
Britain on FilmSeries 2 Episode 3 of 10 Using the 1960s Look at Life films to examine the implications of Britain's identity as an island nation, a geographical reality that influences its national psyche.
2x4 - The World of Work
June 17, 2013
Using the Rank Organisation's short colour films to document British working lives in the 1960s, a period when new technology was transforming our factories.
2x5 - Road, Rail and Runways
June 24, 2013
Charting the upheavals in the UK's transport systems at a time when the popularity of air travel soared, rail networks were dismantled and the car was king.
2x6 - Messing About in Boats
September 10, 2013
Documenting our fondness for boats in a period that saw sailors seeking endurance world records and boatmen striving to halt the decline of rivers and canals.
2x7 - The Home Front
September 17, 2013
Series on 1960s British life continues by looking at how we tackled housing shortages, rebuilt cities and met the expectations of an increasingly affluent nation.
2x8 - Worlds Apart
September 24, 2013
1960s short films made by the Rank Organisation on foreign excursions, including the reindeer herders of Lapland and the young Dalai Lama in India following his exile.
2x9 - This Sporting Life
October 1, 2013
1960s short films reflecting our national preoccupation with a range of competitive sports, ranging from golf and cycling to skiing and stock car racing.
2x10 - The Spirit of the Sixties
October 8, 2013
1960s short films capture the post-war emergence of dynamic youth cultures and celebrate an age when creativity was flourishing in the music industry.