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Title:

NIGHT MAIL

Format:

DVD

List price:	£8.99
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Cat No:

BFIVD833

EAN:

5035673008331

Availability:

Publisher out of stock.

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Stock:

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Distributor:

BFI

Regions:

0 (Worldwide)

Rel. date:

26 November, 2007

Certificate:

Not certified

Running Time:

25 mins

Language:

English

Description:

Lauded 1936 documentary, showing the various stages and procedures of the operation of the Royal Mail train delivery service, that remains one of the most instantly recognised films in British film history. It begins with a voiceover commentary describing how the mail is collected for transit. Then, as the train proceeds along the course of its journey, we are shown the various regional railway stations at which it collects and deposits its cargo. Inside the train the process of sorting takes place. As it nears its destination there is a sequence - the best known in the film - in which WH Auden's spoken verse and Benjamin Britten's music are combined over montage images of racing train wheels.

Directors:

Harry Watt, Basil Wright

Genre:

Documentary/General Special Interest

No. of pieces

Returns:

Returnable

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