| POSTMAN'S EXHIBITION An exhibit at Bruce Castle Museum charts the history of the Postman. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6098 |
| Catalog #: | 503521 | |
| Clip Number: | 503521-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 94 | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:03 - 01:52:27 | |
| Location: | Tottenham, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | EXHIBITIONS: Historical FASHION: Historical (Pre 1900) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MAIL: Misc. | |
| Description: | POSTMAN'S EXHIBITION An exhibit at Bruce Castle Museum charts the history of the Postman. Tottenham, London. M/S of a man in an old-fashioned (pre-1840) postman's uniform and using a dimensurator to measure mileage; commentator explains that postal charges once depended on distance. We then see various shots of exhibits in Bruce Castle Museum that illustrate the history of the postal service; models, uniforms, guns that the postmen used to be armed with for protection against highwaymen. A man in an old postman's uniform is seen weighing a letter on a tiny scale; there are models of every kind of transport that has carried the Royal Mail: stage coaches, ships, aeroplanes. | |
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