Learning on ScreenRoadways
- Synopsis
- Traces the histroy of transport with particular emphasis on the heavy growth of road traffic from 1918 until the late 1930s. The GPO, itself a major user, acknowledged its responsibilites and expressed its concern - a surprising ‘modern’ attitude to porblems that still affect us today, from fierce competition to environmental issues.
- Series
- Post Office in the Thirties, The: Providing a Service
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. b&w. 16 min. Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 16 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1937
- Availability
- Hire (film - BFI)
Sale (video - Post Office) - Notes
- See: THE POST OFFICE IN THE THIRTIES: PROVIDING A SERVICE for availability on compilation videocassette.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- road transport
Credits
- Director
- Stuart Legg; William Coldstream
- Producer
- Alberto Cavalcanti
- Contributor
- E H Meyer
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
GPO Film Unit
Distributor
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Post Office Film & Video Library
- poes@edist.co.uk
- Phone
- 01795 426465
- Fax
- 01795 474871
- Address
- c/o Post Office Education Services
PO Box 145
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 1NH - Notes
- Contact: Barry Wiles
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