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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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1939Movies
Love on the Wing
Love on the Wing6.00 1939 HD
Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.
Genre: Animation
Cast:
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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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1934Movies
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...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Humphrey Jennings
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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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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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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
Cast:
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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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1935Movies
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter1 1935 HD
The building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: A.S. Hibberd
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1934Movies
6.30 Collection
6.30 Collection2.00 1934 HD
Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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1934Movies
Granton Trawler
Granton Trawler4.90 1934 HD
Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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1935Movies
On the Fishing Banks of Skye
On the Fishing Banks of Skye1 1935 HD
Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Grierson
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1944Movies
Christmas Wishes
Christmas Wishes1 1944 HD
Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.
Genre: Animation
Cast:
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1933Movies
Cable Ship
Cable Ship1 1933 HD
A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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