Title from container. "This DVD is a jointly fund project between BFI, Royal Mail, The British Postal Museum & Archive and BT." Fifteen short films produced from 1933-1935. Special features: On the fishing banks of Skye by Jonh Grierson (1935) ; GPO film display trailer; booklet containg introductory essays, selected biographies and film notes.
Contents:
(1935). Sixpenny telegram / Donald Taylor (1933) ; Cable ship / Alexander Shaw, Stuart Legg (1933) ; Granton Trawler / John Grierson (1934) ; John Atkins saves up / Arthur Elton (1934) ; Air Post / Geoffrey Clark (1934) ; The glorious sixth of June / Alberto Cavalcanti (1934) ; Pett and Pott / Alberto Cavalcanti (1934) ; 6.30 Collection / Harry Watt, Edgar Anstey (1934) ; Weather forecast / Evelyn Spice (1934) -- disc 2. Song of Ceylon / Basil Wright (1934) ; A colour box / Len Lye (1935) ; Coal face / Alberto Cavalcanti (1935) ; The King's stamp / William Coldstream (1935) ; BBC the voice of Britain / Stuart Legg (1935) ; Sixpenny telegram / Donald Taylor (1935).
Summary:
This volume contains 15 films from the period 1933-1935 and provides a fascinating exploration of the unit's early experimentation with sound.
Series:
GPO Film Unit Collection ; v. 1
OCLC:
(OCoLC)263962346
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.