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Night mail / an A.B.F.D. release : the G.P.O. Film Unit presents ; produced by Basil Wright & Harry Watt ; [written and directed by Basil Wright and Harry Watt].

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Wright, Basil, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Watt, Harry, 1906-1987, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, composer (expression).
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973, screenwriter.
Morrison, Blake, associated name.
Mera, Miguel, associated name.
Great Britain. Post Office, film production company.
British Film Institute, publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Britain. Post Office.
Great Britain.
Railway mail service--Great Britain.
Railway mail service.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc video (PAL region 2) (116 min.) : sound, black and white and color + 1 booklet (25 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm)
monochrome
Place of Publication:
London : BFI : Royal Mail : British Postal Museum & Archive, [2007]
Language Note:
In English; optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on feature and all special features.
System Details:
DVD, PAL, Region 2; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation
digital
optical
PAL
video file
DVD video
region 2
Summary:
1936 documentary on the travelling post office from Euston to Glasgow and the men who worked on it.
Credits:
Score by Benjamin Britten. Verse by W.H. Auden.
Notes:
Accompanying booklet Includes essays by Blake Morrison, Miguel Mera and others.
Special features: The way to the sea (16 min.); Spotlight on the night mail (17 min.); Thirty million letters (29 min.); Night mail 2 / verse by Blake Morrison (26 min.).
OCLC:
231019113

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