GPO (General Post Office) Film Unit

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Picturesque Britain - as portrayed by the Travel and Industrial Development Association (TIDA) - looks delightful in this attractive short film. TIDA, an early version of Visit Britain, was designed to bring income to the UK from tourism, and made use of film for marketing purposes. A study of pickers at work on the hop harvest and the drawing of ale in an old English inn, the film shows a rural idyll that Britain was keen to promote.

Experimental animation produced by GPO to explain telephone systems to the public.