Most Viewed From GPO Film Unit

“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns...

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...

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...

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

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

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

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

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

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

Produced shortly before the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, If War Should Come was one of the last films to be produced by the GPO Film...

“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...

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