Mail Footage - WPA Film Library

Mail

POST EARLY - DUBLIN The process of sorting mail is overseen by Oscar Traynor, Director of Post and Telegraph at Dublin and people are encouraged to post early f

PIGEONS AT FORT DUNLOP Pigeons at Fort Dunlop are used to deliver microfilms in small canisters to various destinations

MORE BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN FRANCE British soldiers get off troopship in French Channel port

Trailer: CORRECTLY ADDRESSING ENVELOPES Address Your Mail Correctly

NEW TOWN England's "New Towns" Relieve Crowding

PMG SEES THE CHRISTMAS MAIL PMG John Stonehouse visits General Post Office to see how the Christmas mail is sorted.

DOG SWIMMING Alsatian swims across the river and back to get newspapers to his master.

LORD MAYORS EXAMPLE POST EARLY London's Lord Mayor makes an appeal for people to post their Christmas parcels early to avoid the rush.

GRACE KELLY STAMPS Stamps of Prince Rainier of Monaco and his bride to be, Grace Kelly, are printed.

PHILADELPHIA - USA An autogyro delivers mail to the Post Office building in Philadelphia in the United States of America

OLDEST FLYING CORPS - ARMY PIGEONS Good footage of carrier pigeons being used as messengers during First World War.

PMG SEES THE CHRISTMAS MAIL PMG John Stonehouse visits General Post Office to see how the Christmas mail is sorted.

FIRST AUSTRALIAN AIR MAIL REMEMBERED IN FILM FLASHBACKS Australia celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Air Mail service.

PMG SEES THE CHRISTMAS MAIL PMG John Stonehouse visits General Post Office to see how the Christmas mail is sorted.

GPO HANDLES CHRISTMAS MAIL

COUNCIL HOUSE POST OFFICE Council House post office opened at Manning Heath, Sussex.

Trailer: POST HASTE - PAST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS Reminder to post early for Christmas.

WAR BONDS BY CARRIER PIGEONS Officials attach war bonds to the legs of pigeons and 'launch' them!

DARTMOOR POSTMAN Little film about postman who delivers mail on horseback. Great shots of countryside.

News in Brief: Kids 'Play' Post Office

POSTAL AUTOMATION New inventions of the Post Office Research Department: letter

KING GEORGE V APPEAL FUND Appeal for donations for King George V National Memorial Fund.

SECRETS OF NATURE - SPECIAL MESSENGERS Educational film about messenger pigeons.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - STAMPS OF NEW REIGN FOR THE CORONATION

CU Letterbox

Record Christmas Mail For GI's In Far Off Places

MOBILE POST-OFFICE (aka G.P.O. LONDON) The Post Master General launches the first mobile post office. London.

Message From The Post Office

post Office sign

Miss Zip Code promotes Zip Code Week

President Truman Plays Host To The Women's Branches Of Military Service

First AutoGyro Mail Lands On Post Office Roof

Ring for messengerette!

AMERICAN ARMY FORCES IN FRANCE

NEW POSTAL PLANT Automated postal plant at work in Amsterdam, Holland.

Missile Mail

Country's Industries To Save Millions By New Air Parcel Post

"Loop" tunnel

Real Xmas Mail

ARMY POST OFFICE - NOTTINGHAM Footage of mail being sorted at army Post Office in Nottingham.

U.S. Mail in 1910s- 1920s

CHRISTMAS PARCEL RUSH Porters work frantically to sort piles of parcels at Paddington Station.

AT THE WAR Troop ships leave Naples, and Italian forces prepare to move forwards in Eritrea, Africa.

GPO TRAILER A G.P.O. trailer asks people to leave a forwarding address when they move.

NEWS BRIEFS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

MAIL ORDER SHOPPING A look at all the processes involved in mail order shopping from receipt of order to despatch.

BOOKS FOR THE TROOPS Queen visits central depot where the books and magazines are sorted for the troops.

POST EARLY TRAILER A trailer encourages the British public to post early for Christmas.

AIRGRAPH LETTERS With help of new delivery system letters from soldiers in Middle East are delivered faster.

HUDSON BOMBERS Good shots of crews of Hudson bombers preparing for flights. Also see use of carrier pigeon.

FEATHERED MESSENGERS Good footage of the Middle East Pigeon Service, carrying a coded message back to HQ.

RAF BOMBER STATION Activities at the RAF bomber station.

SPEED, EFFICIENCY & SAFETY Parcel Sorting Office under pressure as the Christmas approaches.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - CHRISTMAS PARCELS SPEEDS UP

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - NEW AIR MAIL SERVICE

SPEEDING UP CHRISTMAS PARCELS. Men working in warehouse or packing area.

POST EARLY Christmas mail sets off on its long journey by boat to the remote Island of Tristan Da Cunha.

MINERS TRAIN PIGEONS Coal miner donates his pigeons to ARP as emergency message carriers.

OTHER TRAMWAYS - PLEASE NOTE Post boxes are attached to the front of the trams in Liverpool to provide an extra service.

XMAS RUSH BEGINS A reminder from the G.P.O. to pack and label you Christmas presents properly so they will reach their destination.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - AMERICAN POSTMAN AT MOUNT PLEASANT

Selected Originals - PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - AMERICAN POSTMAN AT MOUNT PLEASANT Material related to newsreel story "People in the News - American Postman at Mount

POST EARLY Sir Harry Twyford, Lord Mayor, encourages Londoners to post Xmas mail early.

GERMAN MISSING PERSONS BUREAU Item showing Missing Persons Bureau in Germany.

TO INDIA IN 7 DAYS Sir Samuel Hoare inaugurates the new Armstrong-Siddeley air mail liner

NEW POST OFFICE SORTING OFFICE AT SOUTHAMPTON

THE PMG EXPLAINS Post Master General explains the rise in postal charges.

TANKS IN ACTION A demonstration by the Royal Armoured Corps of tanks in action is watched by schoolboys.

LETTERS FROM HOME film about a letter from a wife to a soldier overseas

GI's LETTER American soldier receives 43 foot letter from his girlfriend and family.

AIR MAIL America's first flying post office at Washington DC Airfield.

PIGEON POST Pigeon post is used to introduce Burl Ives to members of London stage and press.

VICARAGE POST OFFICE Reverend Parkhouse and wife run a local sub-post office in Elsted, Surrey.

Selected Originals - THE QUEEN'S STAMPS Material relating to newsreel story "The Queen's Stamps" - 65/90.

THE ERRAND BOYS DERBY Hundreds race on their bicycles in the Errand Boys' Derby

POST OFFICE PAINTINGS 17th century Italian paintings adorn a post office

FOURTH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION ON BOARD THE OB Kaliningrad Young Pioneers bring a gift of carrier pigeons to Russian polar explorers.

CHRISTMAS PARCELS Various shots of damaged parcels in a postal sorting office.

BUSY TIME IN HOLLANDS POST OFFICE Busy time in Amsterdam post office during Christmas time.

WOMAN AIR PILOT (NEWS IN A NUTSHELL) Helen Ritchie becomes first woman co-pilot on mail plane in America.

READY FOR A LICKING The printing process of postage stamps in Italy.

HOLLAND STAMPS A new charity stamp for the Netherlands is designed and printed.

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 38) delivering the mail in Siberia

FOR THE PRESIDENT ... URGENT - President Hoover gets his mail delivered by airsh

POST OFFICE Good footage of Post Office cashiers at work in Tabernacle House, London.

G.P.O. UNDERGROUND RAILWAY Various shots of mail bags on GPO underground railway in London.

POST OFFICE PUB A Post Office inside a pub in Rotherhithe, Surrey.

ISLAND MAIL Mail is delivered from Cornish mainland to Scilly Isles by boat.

PIGEONS EXHIBITION Various shots of mail-carrying pigeons at a Polish exhibition

LOCH LOMOND POSTMAN Britain's most unusual postman serves communities around Loc

SPEEDING UP THE MAILS The liner 'The Leviathan' has a postal collection taken away by air whilst at sea.

PIGEONS LEAD SALES DRIVE Typewriter company sends pigeons to customers asking if they want salesman to visit.

NEW DECIMAL COIN STAMP VENDING MACHINE People buying stamps from new decimal coin stamp vending machines

Where Do Our Letters Go?

RAF Blasts Nazis Day and Night!

G.P.O STREAMLINED Reducing air mail fees from 20 to only 2 will speed up Empire Mail Service.

JAPANESE ARMY POST OFFICE - SOLDIERS RECEIVING LETTERS Scenes from Sino-Japanese war. Happy soldiers receive post from home.

Gilligan-Tax Bills

Music Scene Show 13

Soldier Gets Unusual Letter

Holidays At The Post Office - Mail Early

From England To Australia In 12 Days

Air Mail - Army Air Core

World's Largest Letter Praises Nat'l Exhibition

Focus on the 20s - Science and Technology

Santa's Mail

News in Brief: Submarine at North Pole

WINGED WARRIORS

THE INVADERS! The Post Office demonstrates how telegrams are sent and how mail i

QUEEN'S MESSENGER STORY A look at the work of a Foreign Service Messenger as he makes a trip to Vienna.

BARGINS Strange comic item about a jumble sale being held at Uncle Sam's Post Office.

MOUNT PLEASANT DURING GPO STRIKE Undelivered Mail During Postal Strike

AMERICAN ARMY FORCES IN FRANCE

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 42) A speedy German-built mail van and a cat market in Montmartre, Paris.

LINDBERGH TEST FLIGHT FOR NIGHT MAIL Lindy and wife test an aircraft for night mail duty.

POSTMAN'S NIGHTMARE Post office sorting machine 'ELSIE' in action

TANKS IN ACTION A demonstration by the Royal Armoured Corps of tanks in action is watched by schoolboys.

FRENCH ARMY PIGEONS French army carrier pigeons and French troops in snow covered mountains.

US BIG GUN CREW MAKING HAY IN BATTLE American soldiers prepare large piece of field artillery for use in a French hay field.

POSTMAN'S EXHIBITION An exhibit at Bruce Castle Museum charts the history of the Postman.

POSTAGE STAMP REVENUE - TRAILER. Trailer item reminding people to put the correct postage stamps on letters before posting.

ARMY POST OFFICE Good shots of British Army Post Office at work.

"JUST A LINE!" A brief history of letter writing shows us letters from Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth I from the British Museum.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING - POST EARLY - TRAILER. Animated item of Father Christmas and St. Peter encouraging people to post early for Xmas.

Get-well cards for President Dwight Eisenhower

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 9) US night mail service.

OFFICE ROBOTS Several new inventions to help office staff.

CARRIER PIGEONS Military using pigeons as messangers during World War II.

BARGAINS Post Office sale somewhere in the United States of America.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 64) A seaplane carrying letters leaves San Francisco for China.

SPEEDING THE MAILS Good footage of the an airship docking with the Empire State Building, United States of America.

TUBE TAKES NO TRAVELLERS Great footage of the Post Office's 'Mail Tube', stretching from Whitechapel to Paddington.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 52) Eggs sent from England to Australia.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 77) a delivery man on roller-skates.

INVASION SCENES EUROPE British soldiers advance through Holland - putting up telephone wires and erecting bridges.

POST BOX PAINTING Mr West smiles as he wanders London painting pillar boxes red.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - NEW AIR MAIL SERVICE TO SOUTH AFRICA

SENIOR CITIZENS Old People in Post Office

XMAS RUSH BEGINS A look at the huge amount of mail postal workers have to deal with at Christmas.

XMAS RUSH BEGINS A reminder from the G.P.O. to pack and label you Christmas presents properly so they will reach their destination.

DELIVERY SPEED UP Paris wine messengers racing on their bikes through the streets.

U.S. Post Office Action

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Cooper Old Movie Previews Reel A

U.S. Mail

OTHER TRAMWAYS - PLEASE NOTE (TINTED) Post boxes are attached to the front of the trams in Liverpool to provide an extra service.

SOUTH AFRICAN POST WOMEN South African post women sort and deliver the mail in Durban.

SCHOOL POST OFFICE Good item showing primary school children working in their own post office.

BENGAL SOLDIERS (aka ON PATROL IN BENGAL) Carrier pigeons relay important messages from remote villages in Bengal.

ATS MOVING CAMP ATS women service moving from camp.

POST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS A Ministry of Information comedy trailer to show how late Christmas post causes chaos in the sorting offices

New Postal Stamp

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Cooper Old Movie Previews Reel Q

Cooper Old Movie Previews Reel S

POSTCARD TO DEVON Great educational film tracing the travels of a postcard through the postal system to its recipient.

THE POSTMAN Great educational film detailing a day in the life of a postman.

WAR SAVINGS 'CUTS' Short film following war effort of soldiers on front and families back home.

BRITISH PHILATELIC BUREAU British Philatelic Bureau exhibits stamps

ANNIVERSARY STAMPS Royal Mail display new designs for stamps commemorating historic events.

SENIOR CITIZENS Old People in Post Office

Focus on the 20s - Science and Technology

Music Scene Show 13

GPO RAILWAY The Post Office run an underground railway for moving post around London.

MAIL ORDER IN GERMANY Models in Germany wearing swinging sixties mail order fashions.

RAF BOMBER STATION Activities at the RAF bomber station.

HUDSON BOMBERS Good shots of crews of Hudson bombers preparing for flights. Also see use of carrier pigeon.

BOOKS FOR THE TROOPS Queen visits central depot where the books and magazines are sorted for the troops.

Motor cars and Ford Motor Company

Selected Originals - GRACE KELLY STAMP

GPO SORTING OFFICE GPO sorting office and GPO underground station

NYC - Specialty shop

MAIL ORDER IN GERMANY Models in Germany wearing swinging sixties mail order fashions.

AUSTRALIA AIR ROUTE ACROSS AUSTRALIA Plane journey en route to Birdsville, with commentary on life in this small town.

MOUNT PLEASANT DURING GPO STRIKE Undelivered Mail During Postal Strike

PREMIER OPENS HIGHEST TOWER Harold Wilson and Tony Benn at opening of Post Office Tower.

Trailer: Write Soldiers - WRITING'S WORTHWHILE The importance of writing letters.

NATIONAL DEFENCE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA Appeals for subscriptions to the Czech National Defence are sent out as troops mobilise.

MOUNT PLEASANT DURING GPO STRIKE Undelivered Mail During Postal Strike

AIR POST TO COLOGNE Air Mail Plane to British Soldiers in Germany

MAIL ORDER IN GERMANY Models in Germany wearing swinging sixties mail order fashions.

Loading Letters Bound for U.S. Soldiers in Vietnam

WITH LOVE FROM MUM Mother writes to son on her birthday & goes out for a drink with his friends to remember him.

Happy B-Day, Stalin! Hope You Like Barbed Wire!

THE POST MUSEUM OPENED IN HUNGARY

POST MUCH EARLIER THIS CHRISTMAS Post office urges people to post Christmas mail much earlier due to war conditions.

AUSTRALIA AIR ROUTE ACROSS AUSTRALIA Plane journey en route to Birdsville, with commentary on life in this small town.

DISPATCH RIDERS (aka EMERGENCY MESSENGERS) Young men volunteer to be emergency messengers during the blitz

DECIMAL COIN STAMP VENDING MACHINES People buying stamps from new decimal coin stamp vending machines

EMPIRE AIR MAIL (aka EMPIRE AIRMAIL) Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood inaugurates new airmail post service to Australia and New Zealand.

Letter Writing at POW Work Camp

BRITISH PHILATELIC BUREAU British Philatelic Bureau exhibits stamps

PMG SEES THE CHRISTMAS MAIL PMG John Stonehouse visits General Post Office to see how the Christmas mail is sorted.

NOVELTIES - NEW YEAR SAVING DEVICE Three devices are shown - vegetable chopper, pram screen and pen with compartment for stamps.

POST MUCH EARLIER THIS CHRISTMAS Post office urges people to post Christmas mail much earlier due to war conditions.

PIGEON PRESENTED WITH MEDAL An American army pigeon called 'GI Joe' is presented with Dickin Medal.

THE QUEEN'S STAMPS Colour item showing the Royal collection of stamps at Buckingham Palace.

SILVER JUBILEE STAMPS Sir Kingsley Wood explains the Silver Jubilee Stamp and shows some of processes of manufacture.

Trailer: POST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS comedy trailer to show how late Christmas post causes chaos in the sorting offices

First U.S. Air Mail Delivery

Trailer: ONLY GOOD NEWS Trailer warning people not to write gossip in letters to servicemen overseas.

MAIL ORDER IN GERMANY Models in Germany wearing swinging sixties mail order fashions.

U.S. Mail Freight Station

Airport Mail Facility

CHRISTMAS MAIL FOR WEATHER SHIP Christmas mail was about to be dropped at weather ship but did not due to bad weather.

DELINQUENTS RECLAIMED Tropical island becomes prison camp where delinquents from Singapore will be reformed.

A VALENTINE FOR TONY BLACKBURN AND BARRY EVANS Barry Evans and Tony Blackburn receive a valentine card each.

CLIPPER - TRANS ATLANTIC MAIL SERVICE Flying boat with mail for Europe leaves Port Washington in the United States of America.

POST MUCH EARLIER THIS CHRISTMAS Post office urges people to post Christmas mail much earlier due to war conditions.

DELIVERING GOODS BY ROWING BOAT A tradesman delivers his goods by boat on the river Stour, Kent.

CHURCH POST OFFICE Church in Margate is used as post office whilst real one is being refurbished.

Ceremony for Proposed Worldway Postal Center

WORLD CUP STAMPS A SELL OUT Postage stamps marking England's World Cup win are an instant success.

BROKEN PARCELS AT HEARTBREAK CORNER GPO broken parcel centre, Mount Pleasant, London.

Trailer: EASTERN MAIL CALL FOR THE BOYS Write Your Boy. Public information trailer calling for more family letters to be sent to servicemen overseas.

SENIOR CITIZENS Old People in Post Office

POSTAGE STAMPS FOR CHRISTMAS Artist Rosalind Dease, stands by a display showing her Christmas issue designs.

TONS OF MAIL FOR THE BEF Footage of the Army Post Office and some practical advice on sending parcels and letters.

MAIL TRAIN How mail is transported and sorted on a train.

MAIL ORDER IN GERMANY Models in Germany wearing swinging sixties mail order fashions.

SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY J. J. Wlash inspects the Post Office Factory.

PMG SEES THE CHRISTMAS MAIL PMG John Stonehouse visits General Post Office to see how the Christmas mail is sorted.

BIRTHDAY - US CELEBRATES AIR MAIL WEEK Mail is sorted and sent by air across the United States of America.

MAIL ORDER IN GERMANY Models in Germany wearing swinging sixties mail order fashions.

PMG SEES THE CHRISTMAS MAIL PMG John Stonehouse visits General Post Office to see how the Christmas mail is sorted.

POST MUCH EARLIER THIS CHRISTMAS Post office urges people to post Christmas mail much earlier due to war conditions.

FIRST AUSTRALIAN AIR MAIL REMEMBERED IN FILM FLASHBACKS Australia celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Air Mail service.

TOMMY ATKINS GIVES A HAND Soldiers help the post office to deliver Christmas mail.

MAIL ORDER IN GERMANY Models in Germany wearing swinging sixties mail order fashions.

TO PRIVATE JOHN L Charming item about a family assembling a weekly parcel to send to dad serving overseas.

Old Post Office Building

Christmas 1950: Operation Santa Claus

AUSTRALIA AIR ROUTE ACROSS AUSTRALIA Plane journey en route to Birdsville, with commentary on life in this small town.

QUEEN ENJOYS VIEW FROM THE TOP The Queen opens the new GPO Tower in London.

SENIOR CITIZENS Old People in Post Office

POSTMEN AT WORK Postal Workers Sort Mail/Collect from Mailbox

STAMPS OF FAME

HOMING PIGEON Fisherman at sea and his wife on shore use homing pigeon to send each other notes.

AIR MAIL SERVICE FROM AUSTRALIA The first return trip of a new air mail service from Australia to Britain

Behind the Scenes Post Office