Most Viewed From GPO Film Unit

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

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings. The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking...

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....

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

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

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

Short documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems.