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FilmPoems. 4.6K subscribers. 617K views 15 years ago. ...more. In the documentary "Night Mail" (1936), John Grierson narrates the opening scene with WH Auden's poem of the same name, "Night...
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Almost an afterthought, developed as a way of finishing a narrative that had reached an anti-climax, it was Basil Wright that had suggested some verse to draw the film to a close. Night Mail is also available on BFI DVD. This government film is a public record, preserved and presented by the BFI National Archive on behalf of The National ...
Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Scotland and the staff who operate it.
Night Mail. This is the night mail crossing the Border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the poor, The shop at the corner, the girl next door. Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb: The gradient's against her, but she's on time. Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder.
English. Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) film unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Glasgow and the staff who operate it.
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22. März 2017 · This is the Night Mail – An Icon of Britain’s Documentary Film Movement. Discover a stylistic and lyrical gem of the General Post Office Film Unit – and probably the greatest train documentary of all time - Night Mail. Posted: 22 March 2017. Written by: The Postal Museum Team. Tags: Archive & Collections. Post Office. Share this blogpost:
Night Mail (Commentary for a G.P.O. Film) Lyrics. I. [Intro: John Grierson] This is the Night Mail crossing the border. Bringing the cheque and the postal order. Letters for the...
