| CHRISTMAS PARCELS Various shots of damaged parcels in a postal sorting office. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 44285 | |
| Clip Number: | 44285-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 4650 F | |
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| Year Shot: | 1975 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Christmas LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England MAIL: Post Offices | |
| Description: | MISSING 7/12/2006 CHRISTMAS PARCELS CU badly packed parcels showing damage. LS sorters sorting parcels. England Various shots of lots of parcels - some seem to be opened. Joint of meat, handbags, Tonka toys, slippers, electric drill, doll - all appear to have fallen out of badly wrapped parcels. A Post Office worker comes to inspect the pile of damaged and poorly covered parcels (presumably sent for Christmas). A damaged parcel is re-wrapped by another worker. VS of lots of parcels on the move in large postal sorting depot. Nearly all the workers are women and most are Afro-Caribbean. VS of parcels being thrown into sorting baskets. Travel shot along another sorting bay - mainly men working here. | |
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