Gpo Film Unit Movies

Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

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

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

Humphrey Jennings’s wartime short rallies Britain’s countryside, showing fields ploughed up from fallow, seed sown, and crops raised on...

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

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

A brisk GPO Film Unit promo for the Post Office Savings Bank: pub talk and daydream vignettes tout penny-by-penny thrift, peaking in a playful Norman...

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

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

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

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

As the subtitle of the film suggests - The Story of a Post Card from Manchester to Graffham - this journey is very much focused on the process of...

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

A story of sacrifice, in which organised labour voluntarily relinquishes hard-won workplace rights after being asked "to give up by choice what...

Silhouette film advertising the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.

Live action and animated toys are used to illustrate the importance of cleanliness and eating good food.

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

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

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

“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...