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CLOUSTON HOME AGAIN

Clouston Home Again (1938)

Record-breaking Flying Officer Clouston and Victor Rickets return to London...

TANK AS WAR SOUVENIR

Tank As War Souvenir (1926)

Tank loaded onto Cunard liner, destined for Cornell University as a war...

ARMY HELPS GPO

Army Helps GPO (1940)

Men of the signal Corps. work to repair damage to telephone wires.

TELE-TALES !

Tele-Tales ! (1932)

Excellent footage of the Central Telegraph Office in London in operation.

GPO HANDLING 110,000 PARCELS

GPO Handling 110,000 Parcels (1922)

A reminder from the G.P.O. to pack and label you Christmas...

CYPRIOT GIRL DENOUNCES E.O.K.A.

Cypriot Girl Denounces E.O.K.A. (1956)

Miss Demetriadou, girlfriend of murdered Edward Bonici,...

BETTER SAVE THAN SORRY

Better Save Than Sorry (1950)

Great cartoon to encourage people to save with the Post Office National...

 

 

MYRTLE'S MILLIONS PART 13

Myrtle's Millions Part 13 (1950)

A short trailer film encouraging people to save through the Post...

ROBOTS SMOOTH OFFICE WORRIES

Robots Smooth Office Worries (1958)

Automatic typewriters and letter sorting machines - the cutting...

CHURCH POST OFFICE issue title PLAY SONG AND PATTER

Church Post Office Issue Title Play Song And Patter (1937)

Church in Margate is used as post...

HOUSES WITH STATUES  issue title - WHY BRING THAT UP?

Houses With Statues Issue Title - Why Bring That Up? (1937)

Houses in a Hampshire village are...

CORONATION STONE

Coronation Stone (1937)

An item showing the Coronation Stone, the place where the Saxon kings were...

TRAILER PUMPS

Trailer Pumps (1942)

A new powerful fire pump trailer is tested in Brisbane, Australia.

SCHOOL POST OFFICE

School Post Office (1944)

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

Selected originals - POLITICS IN ACTION

Selected Originals - Politics In Action (1965)

Material relating to newsreel story "Politics in...

LONDON FROM 600 FEET UP

London From 600 Feet Up (1964)

THE GPO Tower nears completion in the heart of London.

GPO TOWER TUNNEL

GPO Tower Tunnel (1967)

Engineers at work in a tunnel under the Post Office Tower in London.

POSTAL FORTNIGHT

Postal Fortnight (1967)

Postmaster General Mr Short launches postal fortnight and visits sorting office...

RECORDS OFFICE

Records Office (1968)

Researchers gather at the Public Record Office to look at secret documents just...

LOST PROPERTY

Lost Property (1950)

Item about London Transport's lost property office in Baker Street, London.

SOUNDPROOF ROOM

Soundproof Room (1953)

Tests are carried out in a soundproof room at Post Office Engineering Research...

FLYING BOARDROOM

Flying Boardroom (1963)

Secretary types a letter on board an aircraft - businessmen work during a...

ARMY APPRENTICES

Army Apprentices (1948)

A short trailer film encouraging parents to send their sons to an Army Training...

 TRAILER - PAPER AND STRING

Trailer - Paper And String (1948)

A short trailer film encouraging people to address and pack their...

ARMY POST OFFICE - NOTTINGHAM

Army Post Office - Nottingham (1944)

Footage of mail being sorted at army Post Office in Nottingham.

GPO SORTING OFFICE

GPO Sorting Office (1948)

Shots of GPO sorting office and GPO underground station at Mount Pleasant,...

KIRKPATRICK AT FOREIGN OFFICE

Kirkpatrick At Foreign Office (1950)

German High Commissioner Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick at Foreign Office...

 GPO HANDLES CHRISTMAS MAIL

GPO Handles Christmas Mail (1946)

The GPO handle Christmas parcels that have come undone in the...

GPO V BRIGHTON

GPO V Brighton (1930-1939)

Golf tournament - probably between representatives of the GPO and the people of...

YUGOSLAV VICE PRESIDENT AT FOREIGN OFFICE

Yugoslav Vice President At Foreign Office (1955)

Vice-President of Yugoslavia with Harold Macmillan...

DULLES AT No.10. DOWNING STREET

Dulles At No.10. Downing Street (1956)

Dulles arriving at Foreign Office, alights from car and enters...

QUADS BORN IN HOLLAND

Quads Born In Holland (1958)

Quads in incubators in hospital with nurses attending them.

USED CORRECTLY PRICED STAMP

Used Correctly Priced Stamp (1948)

Post Office worker urges people to put the right postage on...

THE INAUGURATION OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE

The Inauguration Of The Olympic Village (1952)

Tour of facilities including bedrooms, kitchens and...

OLD PEOPLE

Old People (1970)

Footage of elderly people at Post Office in Worthing.

LONDON GPO TOWER BEING BUILT

London GPO Tower Being Built (1965)

GPO General Post Office (now Telecom) Tower in late stage of...

G.P.O. TOWER NEARLY READY

G.P.O. Tower Nearly Ready (1960-1966)

The Post Office tower just before opening, showing the kitchen, the...

AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPH EXCHANGE

Automatic Telegraph Exchange (1968)

Engineers at consoles inside the GPO Telegraph building.

TECHNICOLOR - VIDTRONICS

Technicolor - Vidtronics (1969)

GPO TOWER CONSTRUCTION

GPO Tower Construction (1965)

Building the GPO Tower in London

LONDON VIEWS FROM CAPITOL TOWER

London Views From Capitol Tower (1970-1979)

Good views across London from a very high building.

CHRISTMAS PARCELS

Christmas Parcels (1970)

Various shots of damaged parcels in a postal sorting office.

PUBLIC SCHOOL

Public School (1940-1949)

Good shots of public schoolboys at their school.

GPO RAILWAY

GPO Railway (1970-1979)

Point of view shot from front of GPO underground train going along tunnel.

ALL DOING THEIR BIT

All Doing Their Bit (1916)

Sire Francis Lloyd inspects voluntary training corps at Herne Hill.

WIRELESS LEAGUE ENROLLING

Wireless League Enrolling (1920-1929)

Crowds of people queue to join the Wireless League and fill out...

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL

The Postmaster General (1914-1918)

Sir Herbert Samuel MP inspects Post Office Rifles and sees them at work.

INSPECTION AND COLOURS

Inspection And Colours (1914-1918)

Parade and inspection of French (?) colonial troops in dusty area, plus...

 RAMSAY MACDONALD

Ramsay Macdonald (1920-1929)

Ramsay MacDonald - working in study and posing on street.

MELBOURNE OF TOMORROW

Melbourne Of Tomorrow (1963)

Exhibition in Melbourne showing models of office blocks, underground etc....