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Postal Automation 1956
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London.
C/U shot of a basket filled with letters. Hands approach the basket and remove some of the letters from the basket. M/S of a man carrying the letters to place them in the letters sorting machine. Machine is still in the experimental stage but, once completed, it will considerably increase...
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- Time in/Out:
- 01:03:00:00 / 01:05:06:00
- Canister:
- CP 092
- Film ID:
- 55.04
- Issue Date:
- 01/10/1956
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- research Basildon Careras computer Computer Technology Temporary Workspaces: 19.11.2011 16:34 no comment [Inventions - possibly British] The History of Women's Swimwear postcodes postcode postcodes
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