Title: Night mail
Authors: Wright, Basil.; Watt, Harry, 1906-1987.; Ivens, Joris, 1898-1989.; Jacoby, Irving.; Grierson, John, 1898-1972.; Wright, Basil.; Elton, Arthur.; Anstey, E. H. 1907-1987.; Associated British Film Distributors.; Great Britain.; B.C.O.A.; Festival Films.
Publisher: Festival films,
Subjects: Railway mail service Great Britain.; Dikes (Engineering) Netherlands IJssel Lake Region.; Slums England London History; Sri Lanka Social life and customs; Sri Lanka Economic conditions
Abstract: Night mail, a documentary, follows the nightly journal of the "postal special" from London to Glascow. The second work is a documentary on the reclamation of the Zuiderzee in the late 1920's and early 1930's. The Song of Ceylon is a documentary showing traditional culture and primitive economy of the Ceylonese contrasted with the influence of modern commerce. Housing problems is a documentary interview with people living in the slums of London.