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 overnigh...

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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 sort...

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...

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings. The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on...

Police work during World War II in Britain.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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.