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...

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

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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

The organisation of medical services in Britain during the Second World War.

Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted of...

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.

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

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

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

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

Police work during World War II in Britain.

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...

Combining a whimsical romantic tale, practical information about the Post Office Savings Bank, and a gently experimental film-making technique, this...