Gpo Film Unit Movies

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnigh...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.

Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film released by the GPO Film Unit. This is Lye's second film. It uses the Gasparcolor process.

Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

Police work during World War II in Britain.

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have children;...

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.

Short documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems.

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

A film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges.

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation. Us...

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny pos...

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

Experimental GPO publicity film extolling the virtues of the telegram service.