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1935
A Colour Box
A Colour Box6.01 1935 HD
Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.
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1934
The Song of Ceylon
The Song of Ceylon6.10 1934 HD
Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.
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1934
Granton Trawler
Granton Trawler4.90 1934 HD
Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
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1936
Night Mail
Night Mail6.10 1936 HD
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...
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1935
Coal Face
Coal Face6.10 1935 HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
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1936
Rainbow Dance
Rainbow Dance6.02 1936 HD
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.
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1935
BBC: The Voice of Britain
BBC: The Voice of Britain1 1935 HD
An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.
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1934
6.30 Collection
6.30 Collection2.00 1934 HD
Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.
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1934
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs5.00 1934 HD
The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...
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1940
London Can Take It!
London Can Take It!6.50 1940 HD
A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
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1934
Post-Haste
Post-Haste4.80 1934 HD
Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.
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1936
Gardens of the Orient
Gardens of the Orient1 1936 HD
This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...
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1939
Love on the Wing
Love on the Wing6.00 1939 HD
Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.
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1938
N or NW
N or NW6.20 1938 HD
Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...
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1933
Cable Ship
Cable Ship1 1933 HD
A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.
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1937
Daily Round
Daily Round1 1937 HD
“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...
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1944
Christmas Wishes
Christmas Wishes1 1944 HD
Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.
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1934
The Glorious Sixth of June
The Glorious Sixth of June1 1934 HD
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...
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1940
Spring Offensive
Spring Offensive6.50 1940 HD
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...
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1934
Air Post
Air Post1 1934 HD
Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.