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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.

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

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

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

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

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".

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

Police work during World War II in Britain.

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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...

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

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

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.