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

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.

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.

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

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

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

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

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

Police work during World War II in Britain.

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

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

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

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

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

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.