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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.
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4.6K. 617K views 15 years ago. ...more. In the documentary "Night Mail" (1936), John Grierson narrates the opening scene with WH Auden's poem of the same name, "Night Mail."
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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.
English. 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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22 mar 2017 · This is the Night Mail – An Icon of Britain’s Documentary Film Movement. Discover a stylistic and lyrical gem of the General Post Office Film Unit – and probably the greatest train documentary of all time - Night Mail. Posted: 22 March 2017. Written by: The Postal Museum Team. Tags: Archive & Collections. Post Office. Share this blogpost:
‘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.
Night Mail is one of the best known British documentaries of the 1930s and is often considered to be one of the best documentaries and best short films ever made. In a brisk 24 minutes, the film documents the overnight journey of the travelling post office train from London to Scotland.
