most Viewed Ex GPO Film Unit

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

Police work during World War II in Britain.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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.

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

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.