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15 giu 2008 · In the documentary "Night Mail" (1936), John Grierson narrates the opening scene with WH Auden's poem of the same name, "Night Mail." Auden wrote the poem sp...
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16 ago 2020 · Night Mail. The flagship of the GPO Film Unit's output and a cornerstone of British documentary, featuring music by Benjamin Britten and the verse of W.H. Auden. Documentary 1936 24 mins. CC.
Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Scotland and the staff who operate it.
Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) film unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Glasgow and the staff who operate it.
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‘Night Mail’ by W.H. Auden is a powerful depiction and analyzes the impact of a night train carrying the mail through the Scottish countryside. The poem conforms to a consistent rhyme scheme and metrical pattern that follows the path of a train.
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Night Mail. This is the night mail crossing the Border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the poor, The shop at the corner, the girl next door. Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb: The gradient's against her, but she's on time. Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder.
Night Mail (Commentary for a G.P.O. Film) Lyrics. I. [Intro: John Grierson] This is the Night Mail crossing the border. Bringing the cheque and the postal order. Letters for the rich, letters...
