Night Mail — Watchpile | Watchpile

Sign in Join free

Night Mail

Night Mail

Sign in to track

Night Mail

1936· 0h 25m

Documentary

Directed by Harry Watt, Basil Wright

6.2/ 10

Reviews

Where to watch

OVID

OVID

BFI Player Amazon Channel

BFI Player Amazon Channel

Overview

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.

Cast

Arthur Clark

Engineer

John Grierson

John Grierson

Commentary

Stuart Legg

Commentary

Robert Rae

Senior Driver - LMS Railway

Other films by Harry Watt

Vidunderhunden Bara

Vidunderhunden Bara

1961

The Boy Who Loved Horses

The Boy Who Loved Horses

1961

The Siege of Pinchgut

The Siege of Pinchgut

1959

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

1954

Where No Vultures Fly

Viewers Also Enjoyed

My Aunt, My Cousin

My Aunt, My Cousin

2008

Say No to Strangers

Say No to Strangers

1981

I Am Sam

2014

Jean Reno: The Road to 'Léon'

Jean Reno: The Road to 'Léon'

2005

How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale

How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale

1987

The Wormwood Star

The Wormwood Star

1956

All Out! Dancing in Dulais

All Out! Dancing in Dulais

1986

Where No Vultures Fly

1951

Eureka Stockade

Eureka Stockade

1949

The Overlanders

The Overlanders

1946

Fiddlers Three

Fiddlers Three

1944

Nine Men

Nine Men

1943

Save Your Shillings and Smile

Save Your Shillings and Smile

1943

Twenty-One Miles

Twenty-One Miles

1942

Target for Tonight

Target for Tonight

1941

Dormente

Dormente

2005

Dos Restos e Das Solidões

Dos Restos e Das Solidões

2006

Portrait of Anton Adriaan Mussert

Portrait of Anton Adriaan Mussert

1970

Enzo, domani a Palermo!

Enzo, domani a Palermo!

1999

The Diver

1911