Thirty Million Letters

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Thirty Million Letters
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Directed by James Ritchie
Produced by Edgar Anstey
Production
company
Distributed by General Post Office
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Thirty Million Letters (also known as 30 Million Letters) is a 1963 British short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. [1] [2]

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Accolades

The film received a certificate of merit in the Documentary class at the 1963 Cork International Film Festival. [3]

In 1964 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [4] [5]

Home media

It is available as an extra on the 2007 British Film Institute DVD Night Mail. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Thirty Million Letters". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Russell, Patrick (2011). "Film at the Post-war GPO". In Anthony, Scott; Mansell, James (eds.). The Projection of Britain: A History of the GPO Film Unit. British Film Institute. p. 281. ISBN   978-1844573745.
  3. ↑ "Jury Awards at Irish Festival". Variety . 2 October 1963. p. 9. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "NY Times: Thirty Million Letters". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  5. ↑ "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Night Mail". BFI shop. Retrieved 19 February 2025.


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