Gpo Film Unit Filmes

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

“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...

The building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.

The organisation of medical services in Britain during the Second World War.

Sponsored by the Ministry of Information and shown as part of cinema programmes throughout the Second World War, this short film takes place halfway...

A film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges.

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

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings about transatlantic telecommunications.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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...

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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...