| XMAS RUSH BEGINS A look at the huge amount of mail postal workers have to deal with at Christmas. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5249 |
| Catalog #: | 509405 | |
| Clip Number: | 509405-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1038 | |
| Timecode: | 01:47:37 - 01:49:03 | |
| Location: | London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1923 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Busy LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MAIL: Post Offices | |
| Description: | Christmas rush begins. Post early and post often and help G.P.O (General Post Office) in delivery of holiday mail. London. L/S of many large sacks of mail in a pile, postal workers throw more sacks on top and the camera pans across them. More workers empty the sacks and throw the parcels into a pile. M/S of all the parcels heaped up. The camera pans across as they are sorted into different sections. 'Remember! Pack securely and address clearly if you don't want your parcel to be amongst these.' M/S of parcels which have come open, a line of men repackage them and wrap them up again in brown paper. | |
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