Night Mail

Jan 13, 1936

0h 25m

★ 6.1

Overview

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

GPO Film Unit

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Cast

Engineer

Arthur Clark

Commentary

John Grierson

Commentary

Stuart Legg

Senior Driver - LMS Railway

Robert Rae

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5.1

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