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

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

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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...

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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.

Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

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

Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.

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

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

The building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.

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

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...