Night Mail
6.8
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.
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Harry Watt Director · Basil Wright Director W.H. Auden Writer
First release January 13, 1936 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production GPO (General Post Office) Film Unit
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GPO Film Unit
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GPO (General Post Office) Film Unit
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 13, 1936
Premiere · Cambridge
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
May 13, 1938 · Theatrical · Brussels
Brazil
October 18, 2002 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
September 26, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Brasileira (Retrospectiva "O Brasileiro Alberto Cavalcanti")
Finland
January 13, 1965 · TV
Germany
October 17, 1964 · Premiere · Mannheim Film Festival
Greece
February 21, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Greek Film Archive
March 4, 2021 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Italy
August 1, 1936 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Sweden
October 27, 2001 · Premiere · Uppsala International Short Film Festival
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