Gpo Film Unit Movies

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

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.

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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...

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

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

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

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.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

Police work during World War II in Britain.

How the Post Office's night mail train from London to Aberdeen collects and distributes mail en route.