Gpo Film Unit Filmes

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

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.

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

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.

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

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

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

Police work during World War II in Britain.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...

As the subtitle of the film suggests - The Story of a Post Card from Manchester to Graffham - this journey is very much focused on the process of...

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

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....