Christmas Rush Starts

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1641
Date Released
14 Nov 1960
Date submitted
11 Nov 1960
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Rush Starts. DESCRIPTION: The weeks before Christmas put a heavy strain on the Post Office. The big rush has started already: the overseas rush. The long arm of the Post Office has to reach right across the world, often enough to places the average man’s never heard of! SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV sorting office. MS women sorting. MS women putting letters into different boxes. MS women working. MS women putting letters into different boxes. MS women sorting. CU woman putting letters into boxes. MS line of girls sorting mail. CU letters being dropped on pile. GV man sorting letters into different sacks (different countries). GV people sorting. CU to letter parcels. MS women sorting parcels. CU parcels. CU another MCU woman sorting parcels. CU parcels. MS man sorting. CU parcel. CU parcels. CU same.
Keywords
Celebrations and festivals; Postal services
Locations
England
Card file number
81371
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Christmas Rush Starts', British Movietone News Issue No. 1641, 14 Nov 1960. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23853 (Accessed 14 Jun 2025)