TY - ADVS AU - Wright,Basil AU - Watt,Harry ED - British Film Institute (Firm), ED - Kanopy (Firm), TI - Night Mail PY - 1936/// PB - British Film Institute KW - Balts (Indo-European people) KW - History KW - Documentary films KW - Foreign study KW - lcgft N1 - Title from title frames; Film; In Process Record; Originally produced by British Film Institute in 1936 N2 - The nightly journey of the Postal Special from London to Glasgow. The flagship of the GPO Film Unit's output and a cornerstone of British documentary. Harry Watt and Basil Wright's study of the down postal express stands as a beacon for John Grierson's original purpose for documentary - to make the working man the hero of the screen. A truly collaborative effort, a coming together of many great names and those immortal lines from W.H. Auden UR - https://tus.kanopy.com/node/11484053 UR - https://www.kanopy.com/node/11484053/external-image ER -