Blogs about: Gpo Film Unit

Featured Blog

New Lower Prices on BPMA Products

The BPMA Shop now offers new lower prices on selected products: Original Post Office Green Papers. In the 1930s the General Post Office hosted lectures on various new or innovative aspects of its busi… more →

The British Postal Museum & Archive

New Lower Prices on BPMA Products

postalheritage wrote 7 months ago: The BPMA Shop now offers new lower prices on selected products: Original Post Office Green Papers. I … more →

Tags: Philatelic, Shop', BPMA, The British Postal Museum & Archive, philately, Night Mail, GPO, Penny Black, oral history

Reel Ale Film Club: Fires Were Started + London Can Take It! — 1 comment

Jessica Lenten wrote 1 year ago: “These civilians are good soldiers.” This week Reel Ale Film Club revels in a second dose of wartime … more →

Tags: Events, film, Film History, BFI Screenonline, Crown Film Unit, Fires Were Started, Humphrey Jennings, london can take it, ministry of information

Britten Films: An Exploration — 2 comments

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: The young Benjamin Britten wrote: 1936… finds me earning my living – with occasionally something to … more →

Tags: Events, Night Mail, British Documentary Movement, film, Cinema, GPO, General Post Office, Benjamin Britten, Music

Alberto Cavalcanti

brazilindustryprofession wrote 1 year ago: Born in Brazil, 1897. Alberto Cavalcanti’s early career began in France between 1920 and 1933, worki … more →

Tags: Brazil, ALBERTO CAVALCANTI, John Grierson, ealing studios, Michael Balcon, art director, They Made Me a Fugitive

Reaching milestones in our documentation and cataloguing work — 5 comments

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: At the end of February, we reached some significant milestones in the documentation work carried out … more →

Tags: catalogue, Philatelic, Archive, Collection, Online catalogue, postage stamps, philately, Stamp Design, Photographs

Surreal 1938 UK GPO Film

gregpoppleton wrote 1 year ago: Hello Phantom Dancers, Lot’s of rare 1930s-50s radio swing and jazz for you on this Tuesday … more →

Tags: jazz, radio, Swing, OTR, Movies, Entertainment, Dance, australian jazz, lounge

Family Fun Day — 1 comment

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: On Saturday 31 March our Museum Store in Loughton, Essex will host a day of activities especially fo … more →

Tags: Events, Collection, Pillar Box, Family Event, childrens event, London, Children's Activities, Museum Tour, Craft

Get 10% off at our new online shop

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: We have just launched our new and improved online shop. Visit the shop at www.postalheritage.org.uk/ … more →

Tags: Events, Philatelic, Shop', stamps, Postcards, philately, DVD, Stamp Collecting, Books

Night Mail: a classic? — 1 comment

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: Night Mail holds an iconic place in British culture. Say the words ‘this is the Night Mail crossing … more →

Tags: Collection, Night Mail, film, Cinema, Basil Wright, Harry Watt, Travelling Post Office, postal workers, British Film

Job in a Million — 1 comment

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: Today’s episode of The Peoples Post focused on the life of postal workers in the 1930s. Included wer … more →

Tags: postal history, People's Post, ancestry, biggest employer, Family History, genealogy, General Post Office, GPO, Job in a Million

The distinctive films of Humphrey Jennings

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: Humphrey Jennings (1907-1950), is widely considered to be one of Britain’s greatest documentary film … more →

Tags: Shop', postal history, John Grierson, ALBERTO CAVALCANTI, WW2, World War 2, Humphrey Jennings, london can take it, Documentary

75th anniversary of Night Mail

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: This is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for th … more →

Tags: Events, Collection, Night Mail, John Grierson, ALBERTO CAVALCANTI, Humphrey Jennings, Benjamin Britten, W H Auden, William Coldstream

UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register

postalheritage wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday our deputy director Samantha Rennie and I attended a reception organised by the Parliament … more →

Tags: Events, Archive, Collection, Night Mail, John Grierson, ALBERTO CAVALCANTI, BT Heritage, Stephen Tallents, Humphrey Jennings

A weekend at Bletchley — 2 comments

postalheritage wrote 2 years ago: Several BPMA staff and Friends had a very enjoyable two days at Bletchley Park over the Bank Holiday … more →

Tags: Events, london 2010, WW2, World War 2, Stamp Design, London 2010: Festival of Stamps, Royal Philatelic Collection, bletchley park, Friends of the BPMA

The Post Office at War at Bletchley Park

postalheritage wrote 2 years ago: Over the August Bank Holiday weekend the 2010: Festival of Stamps will be celebrating the Post Offic … more →

Tags: Events, london 2010, stamps, WW2, World War 2, GPO, Post Office vehicles, bletchley park, If War Should Come

The Films

thetraintheplanetheautomobile wrote 2 years ago: The Great Train Robbery: 1903 – 10mins One of the milestones in film history was the first nar … more →

Tags: the train, Geoffrey Jones, The Great Train Robbery, Edwin S. Porter, train of thought, leo bridle, Ben Thomas, Night Mail, W H Auden

codybaldwin wrote 2 years ago: http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/902G8widi00&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0 John Grierson Narra … more →

Tags: Video, Documentary, film, England, London, History, Movies, vintage, 1936

Museum Store Open Weekend — 1 comment

postalheritage wrote 2 years ago: by Laura Dixon, Learning Officer  We had a fantastic weekend over the May Bank Holiday at the Museum … more →

Tags: Events, Collection, Museum Store, Post Office Savings Bank, east london craft guerrilla, Craft, Bank Holiday

Empire Mail: George V and the GPO — 2 comments

postalheritage wrote 3 years ago: by Jennifer Flippance, 2010 Exhibitions & Project Manager Empire Mail: George V and the GPO, hos … more →

Tags: Exhibitions, Philatelic, london 2010, postal history, airmail, airmail pillar box, British Empire Exhibition, BSA Bantam, Chris Taft


Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS