Gpo Film Unit Movies

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Police work during World War II in Britain.

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

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

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

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

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

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...

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

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

Experimental GPO publicity film extolling the virtues of the telegram service.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

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