A look at the huge amount of mail postal workers have to deal with at Christmas....
A reminder from the G.P.O. to pack and label you Christmas presents properly so...
Out takes (rushes, cuts) for story...
Men of the signal Corps. work to repair damage to telephone wires.
A reminder from the G.P.O. to pack and label you Christmas...
Images of London from revolving GPO Tower.
Various good colour shots of London's GPO tower.
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Shots exterior and interior of Post Office Tower, London.
The Post Office run an underground railway for moving post around London.
Excellent panning shots over London emphasising the G.P.O. tower
Out...
Postmaster General Sir Kingsley Wood shows off a new system for telephones.
The Post Master General launches the first mobile post...
A G.P.O. trailer asks people to leave a forwarding address when they move.
President William Cosgrave reopens Dublin's General Post Office after 13 years. ...
Workers at Mount Pleasant post office try to repack parcels which have come...
Packages are loaded on board the "Cargo Express" prior to take off.
A short animated trailer film advising people to address their letters correctly.
Jackie Hunter is first female G.P.O. telephone engineer. Hendon, London.
General Post Office workers show off new equipment to help them in their job....
GPO broken parcel centre, Mount Pleasant, London.
Various shots of mail bags on GPO underground railway in London.
Post Office machine that makes planting telegraph poles much easier,...
Cuts...
THE GPO Tower nears completion in the heart of London.
Engineers at work in a tunnel under the Post Office Tower in London.
Postmaster General Mr Short launches postal fortnight and visits sorting office...
Shots of GPO sorting office and GPO underground station at Mount Pleasant,...
The GPO handle Christmas parcels that have come undone in the...
Golf tournament - probably between representatives of the GPO and the people of...
Post Office worker urges people to put the right postage on...
GPO General Post Office (now Telecom) Tower in late stage of...
The Post Office tower just before opening, showing the kitchen, the...
Engineers at consoles inside the GPO Telegraph building.
Building the GPO Tower in London
Good views across London from a very high building.
Point of view shot from front of GPO underground train going along tunnel.
Ramsay MacDonald opens Post Office...
Sir Kingsley Wood explains the Silver Jubilee Stamp and shows some of...
The Acting Lord Mayor of London, Sir Kynaston Studd visits the...
Mrs de Valera opens the Garden of Ireland fete at Delgany, and we see some designs...
Hundreds of unemployed make a protest march through Dublin...
Post Master General explains the rise in postal charges.
Rowland Emett's comical animated sculpture showing various activities...
Sacks of letters loaded from van onto a plane - Airmail to the Ottawa...
New team of young men set up to deliver telegrams on motorcycles.
Post Master General, Sir Kingsley Wood,...
Inauguration of London - Japan telephone service by Sir Kingsley Wood,...
Steward John Campbell who has worked on...
Reducing air mail fees from 20 to only 2 will speed up Empire Mail Service.