''Thirty Million Letters'' (also known as ''30 Million Letters'') is a 1963 British short

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by James Ritchie and made by

British Transport Films British Transport Films was an organisation set up in 1949 to make documentary films on the general subject of British transport. Its work included internal training films, travelogues (extolling the virtues of places that could be visited via t ...

Accolades

The film received a certificate of merit in the Documentary class at the 1963 Cork International Film Festival. In 1964 it was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Short.

Home media

It is available as an extra on the 2007 ''

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'' DVD ''Night Mail''.

References

External links

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''Thirty Million Letters''
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