Gpo Film Unit Movies

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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.

Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...