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Mail Plane Tragedy

Date released

11 Apr 1930

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1988

NoS ID

384552

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: All that was left of German all-metal craft which crashed in flames just before dawn at Limpsfield, Surrey

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Postal strike continues in some areas (1988)

Genre

Interview

Chris Roberts interviews Tex Tobin(?), Manchester Union of Communcation Workers (UCW) leader, about a continuation of the postal workers dispute in Manchester and other towns and cities despite a decision by...

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MEN OF LETTERS

Date released

2 Jul 1928

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1803

NoS ID

387095

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Chinese postmen deliver the mail with a unique row-boat in which they use their feet with one of the oars.

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William Ryland on Post Office profits (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Sir William Ryland on postal services after £24 million profit & price increases. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Jill Lourie).

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Speeding Up The Mails

Date released

8 Jul 1929

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1909

NoS ID

384170

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: New rail-run installed on ‘SS Bremen’ to allow airmail service out-of-port and to enable seaplanes to take-off from the liner’s deck.

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Water Postman

Date released

18 Oct 1964

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

512

NoS ID

121573

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Every morning a young postman sets out to deliver mail to the lonely people who live on islands in Poole Harbour. He delivers milk, bread and papers too, to Brownsea, Round and Furzey...

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Postal workers dispute ends (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the acting chairman of the UCW (Union of Communication Workers), Derek Walsh, on the end of the postal strike. He says the UCW has come out of the dispute well. The two male interviewers are...

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Lost Parcels

Date released

Oct 1971

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

113

NoS ID

328057

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: The Post Office Return Branch in Portsmouth, where postal detectives deal with badly addressed or lost mail.

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A State of General Election Exists

Date released

15 Oct 1931

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

123A

NoS ID

003267

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A State of General Election Exists. DESCRIPTION: Postal workers air their grievances in mammoth parade through London to Hyde Park. Sub.1. Modern methods play big part in propaganda of...

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Walter Goldsmith on two-tier postal system (1979)

Genre

Interview

Walter Goldsmith, Director-General of the Institute of Directors, claims the Post Office is not properly operating its two-tier postal system. He says his organisation sent 200 letters across the country to...

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