Night Mail

Night Mail

Night Mail

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Night Mail

1936

0h 25m

6.2(38 votes)

Documentary

Overview

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.

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Arthur Clark

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John Grierson

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John Grierson

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Stuart Legg

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Robert Rae

Senior Driver - LMS Railway

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