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Night Mail / West Highland [1936] [DVD]

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Actors: John Grierson, Stuart Legg
Directors: Basil Wright, Harry Watt
Writers: W.H. Auden
Producers: Basil Wright, Harry Watt
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
Language English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Panamint Cinema
DVD Release Date: 21 Oct 2002
Run Time: 55 minutes

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00007KKQ7
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32,549 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
English
Region 0
Interactive Menus
Scene Access

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The 'Night Mail' sees a celebration of the Postals Special run from London to Scotland. 'West Highland' pays tribute to the West Highland line as steam was being phased out in the 60s.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a documentry, 14 Dec 2002

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Well, what an amazing DVD. A really fasinating insight into the working conditions of the postal service in the 30's and what an amazing feat it was to get the post north of the border. You don't need to be scottish or in to post, trains or black & white films to enjoy this. The music by B.Britten and words by W.H Auden are very special. The special effects by the BBC's old radiophonic workshop are fantastic. A really interesting look at life, and the start of the documentry genre. You can't help but enjoy this all too short film.

The West Highland is just as great - a real look at how life in small remote communites delt with the coming of the railway and the new connection to the modern world. Again a really facinating film with fantastic views of the wild scottish scenery and life.

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By	Mr. G. M. Mackley "Gordon" (Kent, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The film 'Night Mail' is an all time classic. Auden's famous poem read by himself and the music by Benjamin Britten are the superb icing on a cake that was always an intersting and dramatically paced documentary about the overnight Anglo Scottish mail train. From seventy years on, it is of course an amazing soci-historical document as well. It incorporates what were for the time some very innovative aerial shots. The whole film is magnificent and of interest even if you have no particular interest in railways.

The West Highland Line film is a great bonus with what was a good documentary about this line of fabulous scenery but with the added bonus,like 'Night Mail' of the socio-historic interest, now that the film is so much older (although nowhere near as old as 'Night Mail'). The scenes of Glasgow are particularly poignant for those who remember the city at that time but this is also true of many of the shots of people in the Highlands, with the film reflecting a society which has now long since disappeared into history.

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