Past screening

Night Mail

Directed by: Harry Watt, Basil Wright
Runtime: 0hr 26min Year: 1936

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Directed by: Harry Watt, Basil Wright
Runtime: 0hr 26min Year: 1936
Last Screened: Tue 2nd Nov 2004

Night Mail is an account of the operation of the Royal mail train delivery service, and shows the various stages and procedures of that operation.

Night Mail remains one of the most popular and instantly recognised films in British film history, and was one of the most critically acclaimed films to be produced with the British documentary film movement.