The GPO Story, co-produced by The Post Office and the BBC, tells the story of the GPO Film Unit's bold experiments in movie-making.
Extracts from many of the classics are included, as are interviews with many of the GPO film-makers, including Harry Watt, Basil Wright, Stuart Legg, Edgar Anstey, Chick Fowle, Pat Jackson, R.Q. McNaughton, Ralph Bond and Ken Cameron.
Also included are six colour animated films from the 1930s:
Colour Box (1935) Directed by Len Lye;
Rainbow Dance (1936) Directed by Len Lye;
Trade Tattoo (1937) Directed by Len Lye;
The Tocher (1938) Directed by Lotte Reiniger;
The HPO - Heavenly Post Office (1938) Directed by Lotte Reiniger;
Love on the Wing (1936) Directed by Norman McLaren.
DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 84 min | 3.77 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Documentary, Animation
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Many thanks - never heard of this, but it's just my sort of thing!