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- An animated short that summarizes the manufacture of steel and a humorous look at a world without it.
- Two boys thwart the efforts of antique smugglers at a British estate.
- A robot is used by children to carry out their chores.
- This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted as a vulnerable target by an insurance salesman who suggests precautions, including buying insurance. Will the works be done in time and sufficient to stop the robbers?
- A look at the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation, including the Royal Observer Corps, and their work warning the public of a nuclear attack and then monitoring its effects.
- A film promoting check books and bank accounts for women, particularly young women. Lizl writes a letter to a friend explaining describing moving into a flat for the first time with her friend Anne. Liz opens a bank account, whilst Anne is put off by her brother-in-law, causing financial problems. By the end of the film Liz has a new love, Anne has her old one and her own bank account. Contains short animated sequences and titles, and makes comic use of silent movie footage.
- Exploring the daily life of a large family in Yorkshire, at work in the textile mills and at play.
- A day in the life of insurance agent Mr Smith, who will die as a result of a road accident.
- Documenting the pollution of natural resources and the misuse of technology.
- An excellent swimmer, Michael Scott is chosen to represent his school at a swimming competition but his nerves unfortunately fail him and he does not stand on the podium. His parents try to comfort him but in vain. His mother, a former circus artist, then urges him to accept an invitation to spend a month at the big top where she once worked. Mrs Prada, Mrs. Scott's former partner, has indeed invited the boy to join her and her two children and to share their lives during this time. Michael finally accepts and soon makes friends with Florence and George. Brother and sister are currently training for a funambulist act. Interested in their specialty, Michel starts learning how to walk on a tightrope too.
- A look at the LCC project for the re-planning and building of post-war London, explained by the two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and Mr. J.H. Forshaw.
- A typical day's work by a provincial policeman in Leicester.
- The history of money told in amusing terms covering the stages from barter to credit cards and the Bank Giro.
- In a dry unforgiving part of Australia, a man and his wife have set up home and live stock to make their living. Just when it seemed the drought and lack of finances were getting to be too much, things change: BP is looking for a suitable area to attempt the world land speed record.
- A soldier returns home from the Far Eastern theater of conflict, but discovers that life back home isn't quite what he expected.
- A broad cross-section of life in Edinburgh on a typical day - the Edinburgh of the railway fireman, coal-man, student, sailor, office worker and businessman.
- A look at the different types of youth clubs that were available in Britain in the 1950s.