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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

Combining a whimsical romantic tale, practical information about the Post Office Savings Bank, and a gently experimental film-making technique, this...

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

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...

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.