Most Viewed From GPO Film Unit

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

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

“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.

Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

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 building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings about transatlantic telecommunications.

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

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

Police work during World War II in Britain.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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...

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...

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

Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.