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Director
1907 - 1987
Basil Wright
Frieth, Buckinghamshire, England
Basil Wright - was a documentary filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher. During World War II, Wright worked only as a producer, first at John Grierson's Film Centre before joining The Crown Film Unit between 1945 and 1946 as producer-in-charge. Among the best... Read full bio →
Night Mail
Harry Watt, Basil Wright
1936
25m
5.0
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.
The Song of Ceylon
Basil Wright
1934
38m
Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.
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