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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...

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)

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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.

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.

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,...

 FOOD PARCELS SENT TO RED CHINA

Food Parcels Sent To Red China (1961)

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

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...

RAIL STRIKE THREATENS INDUSTRY

Rail Strike Threatens Industry (1955)

Industry begins to suffer as the rail strike chaos grows.

TIME TO REMEMBER - ENOUGH OF EVERYTHING 1917 - reel 1

Time To Remember - Enough Of Everything 1917 - Reel 1 (1917)

Events of 1917 - including the...

PEACEFUL YEARS  reel 3

Peaceful Years Reel 3 (1919-1938)

A history of the "The Peaceful Years" from 1919 to 1938

IN RETROSPECT reel 2

In Retrospect Reel 2 (1920-1939)

A documentary showing the work of the film department of Morris Motors.

THIS DAY - APRIL 15  NO 12

This Day - April 15 No 12 (1921-1945)

Short Documentary film about events around that date throughout the...