| SPEEDING UP New team of young men set up to deliver telegrams on motorcycles. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5484 |
| Catalog #: | 178277 | |
| Clip Number: | 178277-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/22 | |
| Timecode: | 01:22:15 - 01:23:40 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Telegraph LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Mailman / Postal Carriers TRANSPORTATION/MOTORCYCLE: Misc. | |
| Description: | GAZETTE “London. Speeding up. ‘The P.M.G.’ Sir H Kingsley-Wood - inspects first Corps of Motor Cyclist Telegraph Boys.” London. Sir Kingsley Wood, Post Master General, inspects line up of young men on motorcycles. Pan along Telegraph / telegram delivery boys as Sir Kingsley-Wood makes a speech about the tentative nature of motorcycle delivery for the GPO (G.P.O.). The motorcyclists ride past the Post Master General . Various shots of the motorbikes being ridden around the square. | |
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