Research - What similarities and differences does the night mail have with contemporary documentaries

Similarities:

• There is both non-diegetic sound and diegetic sound in both of the documentaries
• They are both informative accounts about a particular subject in real life
• There did not seem to be much manipulation or staging
• Editing was used
• It entertained citizens with the use of editing and the topic of the documentary, allowing people to be engaged

Differences:

• 1936 was during the time of black and white films, so there was therefore no colour in the documentary. However now a days documentaries would all be in colour
• There did not seem to be much manipulation or staging
• It was not massively informative compared to other contemporary documentaries