Big Post Office Job

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1542
Date Released
22 Dec 1958
Date submitted
17 Dec 1958
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Post Office Job. DESCRIPTION: Post Office people must sometimes think the sending of Christmas presents is just a bad habit. It is a colossal job, all this handling and sorting of parcels of every weight, size and shape. And some parcels are badly packed! SHOTLIST: MS man receives parcels from chute (key). MS man empty sacks. Closer - same. MS man receives parcels from chute. MS man looks at parcel. GV men handle parcels. MS people sort parcels. GV parcels on slope. Same - men sort parcels. Same. MS man examines damaged parcels. CU same. CU man looks at pheasants.
Keywords
Celebrations and festivals; Postal services
Locations
London; England
Card file number
75876
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Big Post Office Job', British Movietone News Issue No. 1542, 22 Dec 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22760 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)