Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Scotland and the staff who operate it. Narrated by John Grierson and Stuart Legg, the film ends with a "verse commentary" written by W. H. Auden to a score composed by Benjamin Britten. The locomotive featured in the film is LMS Royal Scot Class 6115 Scots Guardsman.
Night Mail (1936)
Directed by Basil Wright / Harry Watt
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General Post Office, London, Mail, Mail Train, Train
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Subject: rail transport operations, Travelling Post Offices in the United Kingdom
Alternate Titles
Courrier de nuit
BE, FR
Éjjeli posta
HU
Nattpostexpressen
SE
Nightmail
, GB
Nocna poczta
PL
Noćna pošta
YU
Yöposti
FI
Νυχτερινό ταχυδρομείο
GR
Нощна поща
BG