Night Mail (1938)
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.
Directors: Harry Watt, Basil Wright.
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Arthur Clark as Self - Engineer |
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John Grierson as Commentary (voice) |
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Stuart Legg as Commentary (voice) |
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Robert Rae as Self - Senior Driver - LMS Railway |
| Sound | Benjamin Britten | Sound Director |
| Directing | Harry Watt | Director |
| Directing | Basil Wright | Director |
| Writing | W.H. Auden | Writer |
| Editing | Basil Wright | Editor |
| Camera | H.E. Fowle | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jonah Jones | Director of Photography |
| Production | Basil Wright | Producer |
| Production | Harry Watt | Producer |
| Sound | Alberto Cavalcanti | Sound Director |
| Sound | W.H. Auden | Sound Director |
| Sound | E.A. Pawley | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | C.F. Sullivan | Sound Recordist |
| Production | John Grierson | Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Richard Q. McNaughton | Editor |
| Editing | Alberto Cavalcanti | Editor |
| Sound | Benjamin Britten | Music |
| Production | W.H. Auden | Production Assistant |
| Production | Pat Jackson | Production Assistant |