Harry Watt, Basil Wright
1936 - Grande-Bretagne - Noir & Blanc - 24'
The epitome of the particularly British amalgam of railways, poetry and social document, this extraordinary short was produced by the GPO to show the overnight journey of a post train from London to Glasgow. With a score by Benjamin Britten and rhythmic verse delivered by W.H. Auden, Watt and Wright's potentially prosaic project is transformed into one of the all-time classics of film, documentary or otherwise.
Author : Harry Watt, Basil Wright, John Grierson
Photography : Jones, Fowle
Sound : Alberto Cavalcanti, Auden, Britten
Editing : Basil Wright, Richard Q.
Production : GPO Film Unit
Distribution : BFI (fleur.buckley@bfi.org.uk, +44 (020) 7957 4709)