Sorting It All Out

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1855
Date Released
21 Dec 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sorting It All Out. DESCRIPTION: The sorting system at Mount Pleasant in London seems rather antiquated compared with the electronic sorting system in Nuremberg, which deals with packing and dispatching toys. Mount Pleasant is one of the largest postal centres in the world. SHOTLIST: Medium shot of man at control consul. Control room. Man at control consul watching the trays go past. Trays with various toys in. Doll dropping into tray. Trays going in different directions. Tray filled with toys. Part of the drive mechanism. Woman packing the dolls in a box. Parcels being pushed from the fast moving conveyor belt. Sorters sorting the mail. Woman sorting parcels into different stacks. Sorters at Mount Pleasant. Parcels on conveyor belt. Postmaster General Mr Wedgwood Benn helping sort the mail. Close up of turkey which has come unwrapped during transit. Postmaster General holding the turkey up. Postmaster General holding a broken scotch bottle.
Keywords
Communications
Locations
Germany; United Kingdom
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
89182A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
155
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sorting It All Out', British Movietone News Issue No. 1855, 21 Dec 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25798 (Accessed 07 May 2025)