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

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.

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.

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

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

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...

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

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

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

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.