Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9156 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-07-06
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 271 minutes

Synopsis
A selection of vintage shorts produced by the GPO Film Unit, lovingly restored by The BFI National Archive in association with BT, Royal Mail, and The British Postal Museum And Archive.

Customer Reviews

A Timely Issue
With the 70th Anniversary of war being declared, a time when I was approaching my third birthday,this is a very timely issue. This covers the sort of world I grew up in, an era where you had to do something about things and not just wait for someone else to do them.
It shows the high artistic & technical level of these GPO films, catching the realism of people & situations.

A highly recommended buy!
I was fortunate to receive all three volumes in this series as an unexpected gift, and I must say all three are compulsive viewing. Very informative and well produced for the 1930's. Amongst the producers and camera operators is the highly respected John Grierson, who was way ahead of his time with his filming techniques!

AS GOOD AS THE REST IN THE SERIES
THE GPO COLLECTION CONTINUES TO BRING EXCELLENT AND INTERESTING
FILMS TO THIS COLLECTION
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BRITAINS HISTORY OF THE '30S & 40S
THEN THIS IS A MUST