Love Letters And Live Wires (U)

Wed 10 Dec 8.00 Thur 11 Dec 5.45

Various directors (1936-39) UK 1hr 20min Archive B&W Documentary

In 1933 the General Post Office made history by founding its own film production unit. The GPO Film Unit would become internationally renowned as a centre for creative, exciting public information films, leaving us perhaps the most evocative record of the 1930s zeitgeist on celluloid. This selection of some of its greatest short films, in new prints from the BFI National Archive, showcases the Unit's sheer range: from quintessential documentary (Night Mail set to W.H. Auden’s atmospheric poem) to avant-garde animation (Trade Tattoo) and even musical comedy (The Fairy of the Phone). Made by such varied talents as Grierson, Cavalcanti, and Norman McLaren.

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