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1936
MoviesNight Mail
Night Mail6.13 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...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Arthur Clark
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1940Movies
London Can Take It!
London Can Take It!6.65 1940 HD
A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Quentin Reynolds
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1935Movies
BBC: The Voice of Britain
BBC: The Voice of Britain1 1935 HD
An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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1937Movies
Trade Tattoo
Trade Tattoo5.90 1937 HD
Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted of...
Genre: Animation
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1935Movies
Coal Face
Coal Face6.10 1935 HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: W.H. Auden
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1936Movies
Rainbow Dance
Rainbow Dance6.10 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.
Genre: Music
Cast: Rupert Doone
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1936Movies
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...
Genre: Documentary
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1938Movies
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...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Dwight Godwin
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1936Movies
Calendar of the Year
Calendar of the Year1 1936 HD
Genre: Documentary
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1940Movies
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...
Genre: Documentary
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1936Movies
Message from Genova
Message from Genova1 1936 HD
This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....
Genre: Documentary
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1935Movies
Sixpenny Telegram
Sixpenny Telegram1 1935 HD
Experimental GPO publicity film extolling the virtues of the telegram service.
Genre: Documentary
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1934Movies
Granton Trawler
Granton Trawler4.90 1934 HD
Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
Genre: Documentary
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1934Movies
The Song of Ceylon
The Song of Ceylon6.20 1934 HD
Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Lionel Wendt
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1937Movies
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...
Genre: Documentary
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1934Movies
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...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Bruce Winston
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1935Movies
The King's Stamp
The King's Stamp1 1935 HD
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...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Barnett Freedman
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1935Movies
A Colour Box
A Colour Box6.00 1935 HD
Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.
Genre: Animation
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1939Movies
The Chiltern Country
The Chiltern Country1 1939 HD
“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns...
Genre: Documentary
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1939Movies
If War Should Come
If War Should Come1 1939 HD
Produced shortly before the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, If War Should Come was one of the last films to be produced by the GPO Film...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jack Livesey
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