Meescht gekuckt Vun GPO Film Unit

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

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

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

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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.

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

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...

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

Police work during World War II in Britain.

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

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...

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

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.