Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Youth Helps Christmas Mail Delivery
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Children Help With Xmas Mail. DESCRIPTION: Schoolboys and girls have spent the first week of their holiday helping the Post Office to deliver the Christmas mail. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Children arriving at sorting office, SV & into camera, various interior shots of children signing employment form. Girls sorting letters, parcels etc., others franking & counting same by machine. Boys leaving depot with mail bags, some walking others riding bicycles; group of three, boy calls at house exterior shot arriving, interior shot door being opened, boy leaving house.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Customs and traditions; Celebrations and festivals; Science and technology; Postal services
- Locations
- Slough; Buckinghamshire
- Card file number
- 43210
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Graham T. Thompson
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 57
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Youth Helps Christmas Mail Delivery', British Movietone News Issue No. 707A, 24 Dec 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12554 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)