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Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film.

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<i>Night Mail</i> 1936 documentary film directed by Harry Watt, Basil Wright

Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Scotland and the staff who operate it. Narrated by John Grierson and Stuart Legg, the film ends with a "verse commentary" written by W. H. Auden to a score composed by Benjamin Britten. The locomotive featured in the film is LMS Royal Scot Class 6115 Scots Guardsman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basil Wright</span> English documentary filmmaker

Basil Charles Wright was a documentary filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher.

Leslie Arliss was an English screenwriter and director. He is best known for his work on the Gainsborough melodramas directing films such as The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady during the 1940s.

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Night Mail is a 1935 British thriller film. It is not to be confused with the 1936 documentary Night Mail.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kushan Nandy</span> Indian film producer, writer and director

Kanishka Kushan Nandy, is an Indian film producer, writer and director. He produces films under the banner of the current entertainment house Movies by the Mob. He turned independent director in television, went on to making documentaries, music videos and advert films following which he turned his focus onto his passion of directing Hindi feature films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Night Mail (advert)</span>

Night Mail, also known as Concerto or Britain's Railway, was a 1988 British advert produced by Ridley Scott Associates and British Transport Films for British Rail. It was based on the 1936 documentary of the same name, and used the first stanza of a poem by W. H. Auden that was written for the film. Further verses in the style of Auden were written to accompany the footage, read out by actor Tom Courtenay.