Mail Rail

Mail Rail was commissioned by London Live. The brief was to show a secret side of London. Mail Rail open in 1927, acted as the Kings private postal services, before serving all of London and Londoners. Mail Rail helped deliver letters during the war, hide art, it was even used as a Hollywood movie set. The tracks run 6.5 miles from Paddington to Whitechapel connecting West and East London. The Post Office Railway closed in 200, now a disused and abandoned environment waiting a rebirth. My film is a poetic documentary acting as a guide through the empty and atmospheric landscape, supported by several narrations which offer a cohesive understanding of the importance of Mail Rail and its function. Directed By \ Dean G Moore Produced By \ Simon J Lane Director Of Photography \ Andrew Fleming Camera Assistant \ Chris Fergusson Editor \ Jonny Lee Mills Sounds Design & Music Composition \ Robin Clarke & Howard Sinden Typography \ Simon van Stipriaan Special Thanks To Chris Taft – Head of Collections, British Postal Museum & Archive Anna Flood – Archivist, British Postal Museum & Archive Ray Middlesworth – Mail Rail Engineer, Royal Mail Harry Huskisson – Communications Manager Mail Rail | British Postal Museum & Archive