Post Early For Christmas 1942

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Title reads: "M of I - Government Official"

Ministry of Information public information trailer

POST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS

Film staring comedian Richard Hearne, aka Mr Pastry.
CU Two letterboxes with many hands posting items of mail. Cut to MS A postoffice worker in an extremely...

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84032
Sort Number:
42/095 (TRAILERS)
Time in/Out:
01:31:29:00 / 01:32:00:00
Canister:
42/95 (TRAILERS)
Film ID:
2911.07
Issue Date:
26/11/1942

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