Gpo Film Unit Filmes

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings about transatlantic telecommunications.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

Police work during World War II in Britain.

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

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....

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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