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Night Mail

Night Mail

★ 6.2/10•1938•25m•L•Documentary
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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.

Harry Watt · Director

Basil Wright · Director

W.H. Auden · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime25m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 13, 1938

Actors

Arthur Clark

Self - Engineer

John Grierson

John Grierson

Commentary (voice)

Stuart Legg

Commentary (voice)

Robert Rae

Self - Senior Driver - LMS Railway

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