Gpo Film Unit Movies

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 overnigh...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

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

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...

Police work during World War II in Britain.

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.