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  1. Stamps for Jubilee

    Date released
    25 Apr 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    434
    NoS ID
    033842
    Story no
    5 / 6

    1,000 million being prepared. Postmaster-General visits works where special issue is printed.

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  2. Saving of Bill Blewitt, The (1937 Video)

    Director
    Harry Watt
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 25 min.

    A fiction film, made in the documentary style, about two fishermen whose boat is wrecked but who manage to save up enough to buy another. Harry Watt has described how he was told to make a film about saving,...

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  3. Post Office to Tour

    Date released
    1 Oct 1936
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    584
    NoS ID
    034740
    Story no
    2 / 7

    Postmaster-General "launches" new mobile unit which will function at special events in out-of-way places.

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  4. 100 Years of "Mailways"

    Date released
    31 Mar 1938
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    740
    NoS ID
    035846
    Story no
    6 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Postmaster-General officiates at centenary celebrations of rail post offices.

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  5. Marvels of Miniature

    Date released
    14 Jan 1932
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    92
    NoS ID
    031835
    Story no
    4 / 6

    On Model lines. Boys young and old enjoy transport exhibition, opened by Postmaster General, Sir Kingsley Wood.

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  6. Golden Voice Chosen

    Date released
    24 Jun 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    451
    NoS ID
    033940
    Story no
    7 / 7

    GPO - She’ll phone you the time. Miss E W Cain, winner over 15,000 competitors, receives award from Major Tryon, new Postmaster-General.

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  7. Hallo, Tokyo

    Date released
    14 Mar 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    422
    NoS ID
    033761
    Story no
    2 / 8
    Extras
    1 shot list

    First radio- "phone between Britain and Japan". Foreign Secretary and Postmaster-General attend inauguration of service.

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  8. 1 1/2 D Air Mail to Australia

    Date released
    1 Aug 1938
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    775
    NoS ID
    036085
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Air Minister and Postmaster General inaugurate world’s longest and cheapest air mail service.

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  9. Special Issue of George VI Stamps for Coronation

    Date released
    6 May 1937
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    646
    NoS ID
    035185
    Story no
    2 / 8
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Earliest first issue of any reign every. Postmaster General introduces new George VI stamps and special Coronation souvenir stamp.

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  10. 'Daventry Calling

    Date released
    30 Jul 1925
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    727-1
    NoS ID
    130099
    Story no
    3 / 5

    [1ST SUBTITLE]: "...Wind and rain against my voices fight in vain’: Postmaster-General opens ‘5XX’, the world’s greatest broadcasting station." Shot of the wireless masts. Group of officials standing...

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