New Postal Plant 1968

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No title - Automated postal plant in Amsterdam, Holland.

Various shots sacks of mail. Various shots of postal workers in sorting office. C/U sack sliding down to join others. M/S people sorting letters. A woman puts letters in tray and pushes it along conveyor belt system.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57005
Sort Number:
68/097
Time in/Out:
01:29:12:00 / 01:30:25:00
Canister:
68/97
Film ID:
2085.10
Issue Date:
01/12/1968

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