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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.

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

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

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

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

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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

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...

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 short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

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

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...