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Record information – Brief Night Mail
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1936Item number (ISN):247015Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADA. CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION & TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION / CONSEIL DE LA RADIODIFFUSION ET DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS CANADIENNESAccession:1983-0215Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:1936Production company:G.P.O. Film UnitProduction credit:director/scenario, Harry Watt; Basil Wright; producer, John Grierson; photography, Jonah Jones; H.E. (Chick) Fowle; music, Benjamin Britten; sound; Alberto Cavalcanti; editing, R.Q. McNaughtonDescription:This film brings out the human meaning behind the nightly journey of the Postal Special train from London to Glasgow. By intimate observation of the postal workers at their jobs, it celebrates the dignity of human labour, while the poetic ending celebrates the meaning of mail to the ordinary person.~The film is preceded by an introduction in English by R. Chaisson, about the film and John Grierson.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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