Ascension Island is home to many families, who sometimes work there for up to two years.

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

A look at the increase in cars on the streets of the 1960s.

A look at the popularity of perfume and its many newer uses: from scented wrappings as an aid to sales, to scented fur coats and men's suits.

A look at the services that doctors provide, with a focus on a flying doctor in the remote areas of jungle in Malaya.

A look into the trials and tribulations that confront drivers as parking is one of the major problems today in Britain's big cities.

A look at the Ordnance Survey and the maps it has been producing for over two centuries.

The work of Britain's traffic wardens, through the eyes of one of them. Apart of "Look at Life" documentary films of which over 500 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation for screening in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week.