GPO Film Unit

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.

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

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

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.

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

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

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

Police work during World War II in Britain.

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

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...

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...