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  • 1936
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    Night Mail

    Night Mail

    6.10 1936 HD

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

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    A Colour Box

    A Colour Box

    6.01 1935 HD

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

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    Rainbow Dance

    Rainbow Dance

    6.04 1936 HD

    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.

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    London Can Take It!

    London Can Take It!

    6.52 1940 HD

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

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    The Song of Ceylon

    The Song of Ceylon

    6.21 1934 HD

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

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    Coal Face

    Coal Face

    6.10 1935 HD

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

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    6.30 Collection

    6.30 Collection

    2.00 1934 HD

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

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    Sixpenny Telegram

    Sixpenny Telegram

    1 1935 HD

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

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  • 1937
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    A Job in a Million

    A Job in a Million

    1 1937 HD

    A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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    Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs

    Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs

    5.00 1934 HD

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

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    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

    4.90 1934 HD

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

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    Post-Haste

    Post-Haste

    4.80 1934 HD

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

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    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    1 1935 HD

    An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

    1 1936 HD

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

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  • 1940
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    War and Order

    War and Order

    1 1940 HD

    Police work during World War II in Britain.

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  • 1944
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    Christmas Wishes

    Christmas Wishes

    1 1944 HD

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

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    Message from Genova

    Message from Genova

    1 1936 HD

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

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  • 1939
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    Love on the Wing

    Love on the Wing

    6.00 1939 HD

    Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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    Air Post

    Air Post

    1 1934 HD

    Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

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    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    1 1935 HD

    Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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