Quote:
"Directed by Evelyn Spice, the second woman director to emerge from [John] Grierson's banner, [Weather Forecast ] tells the story of the collection and dissemination through Post Office channels of information relating to weather conditions, taking in its stride the network of sources from which news of impending weather changes come, the deductions arrived at from this information, the distribution of them and the hundred and one parties affected by this service. Spice's shooting is worth careful watching. She is bringing something to her handling of documentary material, particularly human material, which we have been unable to get. it is, perhaps, an entire lack of selfconsciousness and, if she will pardon the criticism, her complete lack of interest in style. Despite its undoubted careful planning, her shooting seems just to happen in a matter-of-fact manner with no pretensions to angle or composition. "
-- Paul Rotha

Source:
Rotha, Paul. "Documentary: Some new G.P.O. sound films." Sight & Sound, vol. 3, no. 11, Autumn 1934. (p. 118)