Post Office Services
Series
- Series Name
- Looking At Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: This film shows something of the complex organisation that lies behind the speedy, accurate and reliable handling of mail by following the progress of a letter from the time of posting to the time of its delivery the following day. It also looks at some new electronic devices for sorting mail and at other public facilities, including telegraph and telephone services.
- Keywords
- Communications; Postal services
- Written sources
- The National Archives INF 6 /844. Used for synopsis.
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue 1964-65, p 96.
- COI Reference
- MI 920/25
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Colonial Office
- Camera
- Desmond Freeman
- Producer
- Gerald Cookson
- Director
- Jennifer Thwaites
- Production Co.
- Kinocrat Films Ltd
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Post Office Services', Looking At Britain Issue No. 25, 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/326951 (Accessed 06 Mar 2025)