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- Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.
- A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
- A dramatic reconstruction of the fishing trawler 'John Gillman' in trouble in a storm.
- The film was made by colorful printing of footage combined with drawing directly on film. The bouncy music drives home the message heard at the end of the film, promoting the GPO (General Post Office): "The Post Office Savings Bank puts a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for you. No deposit too small for the Post Office Savings Bank."
- Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.
- Abstract animation drawn directly on Technicolor film, some with underlying real life footage of unrelated subjects. Various colorful shapes and patterns move and interact, set to upbeat music.
- A woman's letter to her mother, and interviews with historians and journalists reveal London as a gentrified city where people live in worlds separated by race and class.
- Documentary showing the dangerous working conditions of coal mining across England, Scotland and Wales.
- Londoners prepare for war.
- A look at how industry workers spend their time when they are not at work.
- Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends will, but with the moral that correspondents should get the address right.
- A short film which documents the lives of the Sinhalese people.
- The world's press gather at Dover, England awaiting a threatened German attack.
- A short British film advising people what they should do in case of war starting made just a few years before the start of WWII.
- Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.
- How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted across the waters. Engineers of the Post Office describe how they are improving the service.
- Britons rally together to defend the island against the Nazis who were occupying neighbouring countries.
- English farmers plant crops on formerly disused land to assist the war effort.
- Shows how the RAF's barrage balloon squadron are trained, and then on the job.
- How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.
- The Fairy of the Phone appears, tiptoeing along the wires between telephone poles, and administers reproofs and advice to all sorts of telephone users, aided by a singing chorus of operators.
- An analysis of the development of London
- A rare dramatic production for the GPO, although it is told in documentary style. It shows two fishermen who lose their boat and manage to save to buy another, and is intended to show people how one can scrimp and save.
- Advertising cartoon for the Post Office Greetings Telegram service.
- A short film from the British Postal Service which reminds users of the deadline for parcels for the upcoming holidays.
- Shows how mail is delivered by air.
- A poetic history of the British Isles and it self-sufficient industries. The film is divided into four chapters: 1.Eriskay; 2.Guernsey; 3.Inner Farne and 4.Great Britain.
- The history of steam locomotives seen through the collection of model trains at the Science Museum in London.
- The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military preoccupations of individual nations.
- The history of wheels, roads and vehicles from cavemen to the coming of steam.
- Two postmen remain jovial despite their normal rounds being flooded, and instead access them by boat.
- Just before World War II begins, a British merchantman makes her rounds in the Mediterranean Sea.
- A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail