The GPO story plus animation
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Title
The GPO story plus animation
Subject
Animated films--Great Britain
Description
By the way of an introduction to the GPO Classic Collection, The GPO Story, co-produced by The Post Office and the BBC, tells the story of the GPO Film Unit's bold experiments in movie-making. Extracts from many of the classics are included, as are interviews with many of the GPO film-makers, including Harry Watt, Basil Wright, Stuart Legg, Edgar Anstey, Chick Fowle, Pat Jackson, R.Q. McNaughton, Ralph Bond and Ken Cameron.
Also included are six colour animated films from the 1930s:
Colour Box (1935) Directed by Len Lye;
Rainbow Dance (1936) Directed by Len Lye;
Trade Tattoo (1937) Directed by Len Lye;
The Tocher (1938) Directed by Lotte Reiniger;
The HPO - Heavenly Post Office (1938) Directed by Lotte Reiniger;
Love on the Wing (1936) Directed by Norman McLaren.
Also included are six colour animated films from the 1930s:
Colour Box (1935) Directed by Len Lye;
Rainbow Dance (1936) Directed by Len Lye;
Trade Tattoo (1937) Directed by Len Lye;
The Tocher (1938) Directed by Lotte Reiniger;
The HPO - Heavenly Post Office (1938) Directed by Lotte Reiniger;
Love on the Wing (1936) Directed by Norman McLaren.
Publisher
Post Office Film Collection and British Broadcasting Corporation
Panamint Cinema
Date
1983
Contributor
Lye, Len
Reiniger, Lotte
McLaren, Norman
Wright, Basil
Format
DVD
Language
English
Type
(D) Documentary
Identifier
G76 1983 DVD
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Duration
88 minutes
Citation
“The GPO story plus animation,” NSCAD Visual Resources Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://nscadvrc.omeka.net/items/show/11883.
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