- Description:
- DVD - Region 2. viewing copy. 2 videodiscs of 2.
color and b/w.
fullscreen. sound - Dolby digital monaural.
- Notes:
- Region 2 discs, require multi-standard deck. Includes: Disc 1: THE COMING OF THE DIAL (Stuart Legg, 1933, 14 min); CABLE SHIP (Alexander Shaw, 1933, 12 min); GRANTON TRAWLER (John Grierson, 1934, 10 min); JOHN ATKINS SAVES UP (Arthur Elton, 1934, 18 min); AIR POST (Geoffrey Clark, 1934, 11 min); THE GLORIOUS SIXTH OF JUNE (Clark, 1934, 10 min); PETT AND POTT (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1934, 31 min); 6.30 COLLECTION (Harry Watt & Edgar Anstey, 1934, 15 min); WEATHER FORECAST (Evelyn Spice, 1934, 18 min). Disc 2: SONG OF CEYLON (Basil Wright, 1934, 38 min); A COLOUR BOX (Len Lye, 1935, 3 min); COAL FACE (Cavalcanti, 1935, 11 min); THE KING’S STAMP (William Coldstream, 1935, 20 min); BBC THE VOICE OF BRITAIN (Legg, 1935, 59 min); SIXPENNY TELEGRAM (Donald Taylor, 1935, 5 min). Supplemental features include: ON THE FISHING BANKS OF SKYE (Grierson, 1935, 8 min); GPO Film Display trailer. Essay booklet available from checkout.
Titles
+ Coming of the Dial, The
- Director:
- Legg, Stuart
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1933
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 1. The introduction of the dial telephone system to Great Britain.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Cable Ship
- Director:
- Shaw, Alexander
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit; New Era Films
- Running Time:
- Short. 12 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1933
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 1. The repair of a submarine cable is shown in detail. The men who are doing the work explain their particular jobs in the stages of mending the cable.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Granton Trawler
- Director:
- Grierson, John
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit; Empire Marketing Board Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1934
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 1. The work of a trawler on the Viking Bank in the North Sea. The soundtrack consists of the noise of a ship's engine, fishermen's dialogue, gull cries and music.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ John Atkins Saves Up
- Director:
- Elton, Arthur
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 18 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1934
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 1.
+ Air Post
- Director:
- Clark, Geoffrey
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 11 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1934
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 1.
+ Glorious Sixth of June, The
- Director:
- Clark, Geoffrey
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1934
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary, Comedy
- Notes:
- On Disc 1.
+ Pett and Pott
- Alternate Title:
- Pett And Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
- Director:
- Cavalcanti, Alberto
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 31 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1934
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 1. Promotes the use of the telephone, using a story of two neighboring households, the Petts (conventional and happy) and the Potts (unconventional and quarrelsome).
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ 6.30 Collection
- Alternate Title:
- 6:30 Collection
- Director:
- Watt, Harry; Anstey, Edgar
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 15 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1934
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 1. Shows the work of the Western District sorting office in London.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Weather Forecast
- Director:
- Spice, Evelyn
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 18 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1934
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 1.
+ Song of Ceylon
- Director:
- Wright, Basil
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit; Denning Films; Cinema Contact Ltd.
- Running Time:
- Short. 38 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1934
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 2.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Colour Box, A
- Alternate Title:
- A Color Box
- Director:
- Lye, Len
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1935
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Experimental / Avant Garde, Animation
- Notes:
- On Disc 2. An abstract advertising film made for the G.P.O. (General Post Office) which advertises cheaper rates for the parcel post (203ft).
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Coal Face
- Director:
- Cavalcanti, Alberto
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit; EMPO
- Running Time:
- Short. 11 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1935
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 2. The work of the British miner underground.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ King’s Stamp, The
- Director:
- Coldstream, William
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit; EMPO
- Running Time:
- Short. 20 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- color and b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1935
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 2. The design and production of a postage stamp for the Jubilee celebrations of George V.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ BBC the Voice of Britain
- Director:
- Legg, Stuart
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 59 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1935
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 2. Organization, and social implications, of the national radio in Britain. Includes many radio stars.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Sixpenny Telegram
- Director:
- Taylor, Donald
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1935
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 2.
+ On the Fishing Banks of Skye
- Director:
- Grierson, John
- Production Co:
- GPO Film Unit
- Running Time:
- Short. 8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - Dolby digital monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Year:
- 1935
- Language:
- English
Closed Captioned
- Genre:
- Industrial, Documentary
- Notes:
- On Disc 2.
