Night Mail (1936)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 24m
Director: Harry Watt, Basil Wright
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
The night mail leaves Euston Station for Glasgow and we keep pace with it as it collects and sorts mail en route.
Review:
Rendered memorable by virtue of its Auden poem in the last few minutes, this famous GPO film unit documentary justly holds its place in many people's affections for its snapshot of life in Britain at the time, its footage of locomotives, and the absorbing details of procedure.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 24m
Director: Harry Watt, Basil Wright
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
The night mail leaves Euston Station for Glasgow and we keep pace with it as it collects and sorts mail en route.
Review:
Rendered memorable by virtue of its Auden poem in the last few minutes, this famous GPO film unit documentary justly holds its place in many people's affections for its snapshot of life in Britain at the time, its footage of locomotives, and the absorbing details of procedure.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 24m
Director: Harry Watt, Basil Wright
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
The night mail leaves Euston Station for Glasgow and we keep pace with it as it collects and sorts mail en route.
Review:
Rendered memorable by virtue of its Auden poem in the last few minutes, this famous GPO film unit documentary justly holds its place in many people's affections for its snapshot of life in Britain at the time, its footage of locomotives, and the absorbing details of procedure.