Addressing the nation the GPO Film Unit Collection vol. 1 /

Addressing the nation the GPO Film Unit Collection vol. 1 / [videorecording - DVD] : GPO Film Unit Collection: volume 1 GPO Film Unit Collection: volume one GPO Film Unit Collection General Post Office Film Unit Collection General Post Office Film Unit Collection GPO Film Unit - [London] : Royal Mail Group, 2008 - 2 videodiscs : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 p.) - GPO Film Unit Collection ; 1 . - GPO Film Unit Collection ; 1 .

Fifteen short films produced from 1933-1935 "This DVD is a jointly funded project between BFI, Royal Mail, The British Postal Museum & Archive and BT."

The GPO Film Unit was one of the most remarkable creative institutions that Britain has produced. A hotbed of creative energy and talent, it provided a springboard to many of the best-known and critically acclaimed figures in the British Documentary Movement. This volume contains 15 films from the period 1933-1935 and provides a fascinating exploration of the unit’s early experimentation with sound. It features Basil Wright’s award-winning Song of Ceylon and Len Lye’s A Colour Box; the critically acclaimed Weather Forecast; Coal Face - directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and Auden and Britten’s precursor to Night Mail and other neglected works


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