Night Mail

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Night_Mail
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:blackAndWhite true
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Pat_Jackson
gptkb:John_Taylor
gptkb:Basil_Emmott
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway
Mail train journey from London to Scotland
gptkbp:director gptkb:Basil_Wright
gptkb:Harry_Watt
gptkbp:distributedBy gptkb:GPO_Film_Unit
gptkbp:editingBy gptkb:Basil_Wright
gptkbp:featuresPoemBy gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:genre documentary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Night Mail
gptkbp:influenced British documentary filmmaking
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:narrator gptkb:John_Grierson
gptkbp:notableFor Britten's music
Auden's poem
gptkbp:producer gptkb:John_Grierson
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:GPO_Film_Unit
gptkbp:releaseYear 1936
gptkbp:restored gptkb:British_Film_Institute
gptkbp:runtime 24 minutes
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Travelling_Post_Office
gptkbp:traditionalPoetry gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_documentary_movement
gptkb:Basil_Wright
gptkb:Public_Service_Broadcasting
gptkb:GPO_Film_Unit
gptkb:Paul_Falkenberg
gptkb:John_Grierson
gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Railways
gptkb:Harry_Watt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7