Gpo Film Unit Filmes

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted of...

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

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...

Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.

The organisation of medical services in Britain during the Second World War.

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...

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

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

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