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POST OFFICE SWITCHBOARD

Post Office Switchboard (1971)

Post office switchboard with telephone girls at work.

XMAS RUSH BEGINS

Xmas Rush Begins (1923)

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

POST OFFICE WORKERS STRIKE

Post Office Workers Strike (1971)

Post office workers at mass meeting during the post office workers...

GPO TOWER

GPO Tower (1968)

Various good colour shots of London's GPO tower.

GPO TOWER

GPO Tower (1968)

Shots exterior and interior of Post Office Tower, London.

PMG SEES THE CHRISTMAS MAIL

Pmg Sees The Christmas Mail (1968)

PMG John Stonehouse visits General Post Office to see how the...

TELEGRAPH POLE PLANTER

Telegraph Pole Planter (1965)

Post Office machine that makes planting telegraph poles much easier,...

 

 

SOUNDPROOF ROOM

Soundproof Room (1953)

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

LEGAL CONVENTION - SYDNEY

Legal Convention - Sydney (1961)

Opening to legal convention that has drawn top lawyers from across...

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

GPO RAILWAY

GPO Railway (1970-1979)

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

POSTAL AUTOMATION

Postal Automation (1956)

New inventions of the Post Office Research Department: letter sorting machine...

POST OFFICE STRIKE

Post Office Strike (1969)

Post Office workers strike over loss in overtime pay with protest rally in...

FELLING RADIO MASTS aka RADIO MASTS

Felling Radio Masts AKA Radio Masts (1960)

GPO pulls down two radio masts in Somerton near Yeovil in...

CUTS / OUT TAKES FOR CP 556 - HOUSEWIFE MOTOR CYCLE ACE, TELEGRAPH POLE PLANTER,...

Cuts / Out Takes For Cp 556 - Housewife Motor Cycle Ace, Telegraph Pole Planter,... (1965)

Out...

GPO TRAILER

GPO Trailer (1941)

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

BARGAINS

Bargains (1932)

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

AERIAL CARGO EXPRESS

Aerial Cargo Express (1919)

Packages are loaded on board the "Cargo Express" prior to take off.

DUBLIN - CIVIL SERVANTS DEMONSTRATE

Dublin - Civil Servants Demonstrate (1953)

Irish Civil Servants march through Dublin for better...

WORLD CUP STAMPS A SELL OUT

World Cup Stamps A Sell Out (1966)

Postage stamps marking England's World Cup win are an instant...

GPO TRAINING

GPO Training (1968)

General Post Office workers show off new equipment to help them in their job....

VICARAGE POST OFFICE

Vicarage Post Office (1953)

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

GPO UNDERGROUND

GPO Underground (1948)

Various shots of mail bags on GPO underground railway in London.

TELEPHONE TESTS

Telephone Tests (1953)

John Laurie and his colleagues carry out tests on telephones to check their...

INTERVIEW WITH KHRUSCHEV'S SON-IN-LAW

Interview With Khruschev's Son-In-Law (1964)

Newspaper tycoon interviewed in Germany.

MOUNT PLEASANT DURING GPO STRIKE

Mount Pleasant During GPO Strike (1971)

Mount Pleasant general post office during post office workers...

NEW TOWN FROM THE SEA IN HOLLAND

New Town From The Sea In Holland (1967)

People move into newly erected town of Lelystad, Holland.

COUNCIL HOUSE POST OFFICE

Council House Post Office (1967)

Council House post office opened at Manning Heath, Sussex.

NATIONAL GIRO BANK

National Giro Bank (1968)

New computer system in action at National Giro Bank in Liverpool.

SILVER JUBILEE STAMPS

Silver Jubilee Stamps (1935)

Sir Kingsley Wood explains the Silver Jubilee Stamp and shows some of...

THE INVADER!

The Invader! (1932)

The Post Office demonstrates how telegrams are sent and how mail is collected by...

"Treating 'em Rough!" - Filmed At Dollis Hill (1932)

Good footage of engineers performing various...

DOWN THE ROAD

Down The Road (1946)

Nice footage of passenger travellers taking a ride on a stage coach in Canterbury,...

BOMBAY STRIKE

Bombay Strike (1947)

Workers hold one-day strike is held in Bombay, India.

 FOOD PARCELS SENT TO RED CHINA

Food Parcels Sent To Red China (1961)

American newsreel item about China's money making ploy of...

POST OFFICE TOWER OPENING

Post Office Tower Opening (1966)

Opening of the General Post Office Tower in London.

NEW POST OFFICE SORTING OFFICE AT SOUTHAMPTON aka NEW SORTING OFFICE

New Post Office Sorting Office At Southampton AKA New Sorting Office (1966)

Tony Benn MP...

POSTMAN'S NIGHTMARE

Postman's Nightmare (1960)

Post office sorting machine 'ELSIE' in action at Borough, London.

SPEEDING UP THE MAILS

Speeding Up The Mails (1932)

Sacks of letters loaded from van onto a plane - Airmail to the Ottawa...

FIRST AIR-MAIL PENNANT aka FIRST AIR MAIL PENNANT

First Air-Mail Pennant AKA First Air Mail Pennant (1934)

Post Master General, Sir Kingsley Wood,...

FIFTY YEARS ABOARD A CABLE SHIP NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

Fifty Years Aboard A Cable Ship News In A Nutshell (1935)

Steward John Campbell who has worked on...

SPEEDING THE MAILS

Speeding The Mails (1931)

Good footage of the an airship docking with the Empire State Building, United...

PIGEON POST

Pigeon Post (1952)

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

SKYSCRAPER LONDON aka GRAVEL PITS

Skyscraper London AKA Gravel Pits (1963)

An item about modern buildings in the capital and production...

PRESS LUNCHEON

Press Luncheon (1947)

Footage of numerous newspaper editors attending Press Luncheon.

RAIL STRIKE THREATENS INDUSTRY

Rail Strike Threatens Industry (1955)

Industry begins to suffer as the rail strike chaos grows.