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Night Mail

1938 · 0h 25m · Documentary · United Kingdom · Rated U (GB)

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.

Directed by
Harry Watt, Basil Wright
Written by
W.H. Auden
Starring
Arthur Clark, John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Robert Rae
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