Addressing the nation [videorecording - DVD] : the GPO Film Unit Collection vol. 1 / GPO Film Unit

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSeries: GPO Film Unit Collection ; 1Publication details: [London] : Royal Mail Group, 2008Description: 2 videodiscs : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 p.)Other title:
  • 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
Subject(s): Summary: 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
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark Film & Documentary
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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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