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Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: BFIVD758 | BFILanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: GPO Film Unit Collection ; v. 1.Publisher: [London] : Royal Mail Group : BFI, 2008Description: 2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.D6 G725 2008
Other classification:
  • AP 49400
Contents:
Disc 1. The coming of the dial / Stuart Legg (1933) ; Cable ship / Alexander Shaw, Stuart Legg (1933) ; Granton Trawler / John Grierson (1934) ; John Atkins saves up / Arthur Elton (1934) ; Air Post / Geoffrey Clark (1934) ; The glorious sixth of June / Alberto Cavalcanti (1934) ; Pett and Pott / Alberto Cavalcanti (1934) ; 6.30 Collection / Harry Watt, Edgar Anstey (1934) ; Weather forecast / Evelyn Spice (1934) -- disc 2. Song of Ceylon / Basil Wright (1934) ; A colour box / Len Lye (1935) ; Coal face / Alberto Cavalcanti (1935) ; The King's stamp / William Coldstream (1935) ; BBC the voice of Britain / Stuart Legg (1935) ; Sixpenny telegram / Donald Taylor (1935).
Production credits:
  • Film-makers include John Grierson, Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Wright and Harry Watt, Len Lye and Norman McLaren.
Summary: This collection contains 15 films from the period 1933-1935 and provides a fascinating exploration of the unit's early experimentation with sound.
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Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02659 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050193134
Booklet Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050193126

Title from container.

"This DVD is a jointly fund project between BFI, Royal Mail, The British Postal Museum & Archive and BT."

Fifteen short films produced from 1933-1935.

Special features: On the fishing banks of Skye by John Grierson (1935) ; GPO film display trailer; booklet containing introductory essays, selected biographies and film notes.

Disc 1. The coming of the dial / Stuart Legg (1933) ; Cable ship / Alexander Shaw, Stuart Legg (1933) ; Granton Trawler / John Grierson (1934) ; John Atkins saves up / Arthur Elton (1934) ; Air Post / Geoffrey Clark (1934) ; The glorious sixth of June / Alberto Cavalcanti (1934) ; Pett and Pott / Alberto Cavalcanti (1934) ; 6.30 Collection / Harry Watt, Edgar Anstey (1934) ; Weather forecast / Evelyn Spice (1934) -- disc 2. Song of Ceylon / Basil Wright (1934) ; A colour box / Len Lye (1935) ; Coal face / Alberto Cavalcanti (1935) ; The King's stamp / William Coldstream (1935) ; BBC the voice of Britain / Stuart Legg (1935) ; Sixpenny telegram / Donald Taylor (1935).

DVD, PAL, Region 2; full screen (aspect ratio 1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

In English; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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