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- GPO_Film_Unit abstract "The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on responsibilities of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit. Headed by John Grierson, it was set up to produce sponsored documentary films mainly related to the activities of the GPO.Among the films it produced were Harry Watt's and Basil Wright's Night Mail (1936), featuring music by Benjamin Britten and poetry by W. H. Auden, which is the best known. Directors who worked for the unit included Humphrey Jennings, Alberto Cavalcanti, Paul Rotha, Harry Watt, Basil Wright and a young Norman McLaren. Poet and memoirist Laurie Lee also worked as a scriptwriter in the unit from 1939-1940.In 1940 the GPO Film Unit became the Crown Film Unit, under the control of the Ministry of Information.In Autumn 2008 the British Film Institute issued a first collection of selected films from the Unit. Titled Addressing The Nation, it comprises fifteen titles from the years 1933 to 1935, including Song of Ceylon. A second volume, We Live In Two Worlds was released in February 2009, with 22 films covering the period 1936 to 1938, and includes Night Mail. A third (and final) volume, If War Should Come, appeared in July 2009 and includes London Can Take It!".
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- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Alberto_Cavalcanti.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Barnett_Freedman.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Basil_Wright.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Benjamin_Britten.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Britain_at_Bay.
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- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Category:1933_establishments_in_the_United_Kingdom.
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- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Category:State-owned_film_companies.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Bressey.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Hasse.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Crown_Film_Unit.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Edgar_Anstey.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Empire_Marketing_Board.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Evelyn_Spice_Cherry.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink General_Post_Office.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Geoffrey_Clark_(film_director).
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Harry_Watt_(director).
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Humphrey_Jennings.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink J._B._Priestley.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink John_Grierson.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Laurie_Lee.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Len_Lye.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink London_Can_Take_It!.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Lotte_Reiniger.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Ministry_of_Information_(United_Kingdom).
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Night_Mail.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Norman_McLaren.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Paul_Rotha.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Rainbow_Dance.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Ralph_Elton.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Ralph_Richardson.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Massingham.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Screenonline.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Stuart_Legg.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink The_Song_of_Ceylon.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink Tschierva_Hut.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink W._H._Auden.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLink William_Coldstream.
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLinkText "GPO Film Unit".
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLinkText "GPO".
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLinkText "General Post Office Film Unit".
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLinkText "General Post Office film unit".
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLinkText "General Post Office".
- GPO_Film_Unit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Government Post film unit".
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- GPO_Film_Unit subject Category:1933_establishments_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- GPO_Film_Unit subject Category:Documentary_film_organizations.
- GPO_Film_Unit subject Category:Film_production_companies_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- GPO_Film_Unit subject Category:General_Post_Office.
- GPO_Film_Unit subject Category:Propaganda_film_units.
- GPO_Film_Unit subject Category:State-owned_film_companies.
- GPO_Film_Unit hypernym Subdivision.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Company.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Film.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Organisation.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Settlement.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Art.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Company.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Establishment.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Film.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Organisation.
- GPO_Film_Unit type Unit.
- GPO_Film_Unit comment "The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on responsibilities of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit. Headed by John Grierson, it was set up to produce sponsored documentary films mainly related to the activities of the GPO.Among the films it produced were Harry Watt's and Basil Wright's Night Mail (1936), featuring music by Benjamin Britten and poetry by W. H. Auden, which is the best known.".
- GPO_Film_Unit label "GPO Film Unit".
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- GPO_Film_Unit sameAs GPO_Film_Unit.
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- GPO_Film_Unit sameAs Q1337744.
- GPO_Film_Unit wasDerivedFrom GPO_Film_Unit?oldid=700991071.
- GPO_Film_Unit isPrimaryTopicOf GPO_Film_Unit.