Gpo Film Unit Movies

  • 1936
    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

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

    Gardens of the Orient
  • 1940
    London Can Take It!

    London Can Take It!

    London Can Take It!

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

    London Can Take It!
  • 1935
    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

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    Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye
  • 1940
    Health in War

    Health in War

    Health in War

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

    Health in War
  • 1934
    Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs

    Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs

    Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs

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

    Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
  • 1937
    Trade Tattoo

    Trade Tattoo

    Trade Tattoo

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

    Trade Tattoo
  • 1936
    Night Mail

    Night Mail

    Night Mail

    6.1291936HD

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

    Night Mail
  • 1935
    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter

    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter

    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter

    01935HD

    The building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.

    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
  • 1935
    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    01935HD

    An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

    BBC: The Voice of Britain
  • 1934
    The Song of Ceylon

    The Song of Ceylon

    The Song of Ceylon

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

    The Song of Ceylon
  • 1936
    Rainbow Dance

    Rainbow Dance

    Rainbow Dance

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    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.

    Rainbow Dance
  • 1935
    A Colour Box

    A Colour Box

    A Colour Box

    61935HD

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

    A Colour Box
  • 1937
    Daily Round

    Daily Round

    Daily Round

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    “Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

    Daily Round
  • 1934
    Post-Haste

    Post-Haste

    Post-Haste

    4.9291934HD

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

    Post-Haste
  • 1938
    Penny Journey

    Penny Journey

    Penny Journey

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    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...

    Penny Journey
  • 1940
    War and Order

    War and Order

    War and Order

    01940HD

    Police work during World War II in Britain.

    War and Order
  • 1938
    N or NW

    N or NW

    N or NW

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

    N or NW
  • 1939
    If War Should Come

    If War Should Come

    If War Should Come

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    Produced shortly before the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, If War Should Come was one of the last films to be produced by the GPO Film...

    If War Should Come
  • 1934
    The Glorious Sixth of June

    The Glorious Sixth of June

    The Glorious Sixth of June

    01934HD

    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...

    The Glorious Sixth of June
  • 1935
    The King's Stamp

    The King's Stamp

    The King's Stamp

    01935HD

    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...

    The King's Stamp