Gpo Film Unit Movies

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

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

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

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

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

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Short documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems.

“The preparations made by the GPO to enable the press and the BBC to cover a major sporting event, in this instance, the Manx T.T. motor-cycle...