Gpo Film Unit Movies

The picture shows the industrialization of England, and the measures taken to clean up afterwards: a lyrical counterpart of Men In Danger, and a...

Combining a whimsical romantic tale, practical information about the Post Office Savings Bank, and a gently experimental film-making technique, this...

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and...

“The preparations made by the GPO to enable the press and the BBC to cover a major sporting event, in this instance, the Manx T.T. motor-cycle...

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

Sponsored by the Ministry of Information and shown as part of cinema programmes throughout the Second World War, this short film takes place halfway...

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

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

Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

Spare Time is a 1939 British film directed by Humphrey Jennings for the GPO Film Unit, and made for the 1939 New York World's Fair. It is 15 minutes...

Police work during World War II in Britain.

Short GPO documentary, about mail that is sent out of the country to Switzerland.

Experimental animation produced by GPO to explain telephone systems to the public.

Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings’s GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime...

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

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

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

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