Xmas Rush Begins 1922

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Item title reads - Xmas rush begins. Post early and post often and help G.P.O. in delivery of holiday mail. London.

L/S of sacks of parcels, more are added to the pile, the camera pans across postal workers emptying them out onto a table. M/S of people sorting through the various parcels on...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25390
Sort Number:
G 0939
Time in/Out:
01:48:05:00 / 01:49:29:00
Canister:
G 939
Film ID:
440.34
Issue Date:
21/12/1922

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