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Night Mail

6.2May 13, 19380h 25mDocumentary

Directed by Harry Watt, Basil Wright

Written by W.H. Auden

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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Cast

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Arthur Clark

Self - Engineer

John Grierson

John Grierson

Commentary (voice)

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Stuart Legg

Commentary (voice)

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Robert Rae

Self - Senior Driver - LMS Railway

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