News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/97

Date Released

2 Dec 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Newall
• 2. Post Much Earlier This Christmas
• 3. Trained in Canada
• 4. The King Receives a "Decoration"
• 5. Tacoma Bridge Collapse
• 6. Evans of the Broke Comperes a Shelter Concert
• 7. Tube Snacks
• *South Africa’s Agricultural Show
• *Walking Race in Regents Park
• *Rugby at Oxford

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

Showing the difficulties of a postman’s job in wartime. Postman arrives with mail to find the house has been bombed and its occupants no longer there, then he goes to a street where there is an unexploded bomb, so he returns to the sorting office where the mail is re-directed.

Keywords

Communications; Celebrations and festivals; War damage

Locations

London; England

Length of story (in feet)

223

Story extras:

Film clip

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Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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