Films produced by the GPO Film Unit in 1937 include:
Big Money The work of the Post Office's Accounts General Department.
Book Bargain How the London telephone directory is printed and bound.
Community Calls A new housing development is connected to the telephone network.
The Copper Web The work of the GPO in laying cables underground to protect them from weather and a deep-sea cable to Holland.
Daily Round A country postman, beset by problems on his daily round, dreams of how things could be improved.
Four Barriers About Switzerland's economic history, and how the country has been industrialised and modernised to take its place in European trade.
How The Dial Works The essential principle of the automatic telephone system demonstrated with the help of diagrams.
A Job in a Million Recruitment film about the training of a post office messenger boy.
Letters to Liners A Mediterranean cruise showing the special arrangements made for the delivery and despatch of the ship's mail.
Line to the Tschierva Hut How telephone lines are carried through wild country to an outpost in the Alps.
Men of the Alps A look at Swiss geography and history.
Messenger Boy The recruitment and training of Post Office messenger boys.
Modern Post Office Methods The modern world is full of machines and in every department of the Post Office machines are being used with increasing speed and efficiency.
N or NW Romantic comedy emphasising the importance of using the correct postal district address.
North of the Border No information available.
Roadways A survey of the development of transport and the growth of highways in Britain since 1918 and the effects on industry and communications.
Trade Tattoo Animated commercial demonstrating how the rhythm of trade is maintained by the postal service.
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We Live In Two Worlds J.B. Priestley talks about the two worlds of nationalism and internationalism, as exemplified by Switzerland, where new means of communication and industries exist alongside the traditional way of life of the peasantry.
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