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  1. Army Helps G.P.O.

    Date released
    25 Nov 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/95
    NoS ID
    098407
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    To relieve the pressure that has been put on Post Office Engineers, members of the Royal Corps of Signals are repairing telephone services which have been put out of action through bomb damage.

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  2. Splitting postal and telephone services (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Tom Jackson, General Secretary of the Postal Workers Union gives his reaction to industry Secretary Keith Joseph’s proposals to split the postal and telephone services.

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  3. Telephone numbers change (1995)

    Genre
    Special

    Recording of the BT warning tone, voiced by Faith Hammond, played if you do not dial a phone number with the 1 added in after the 0 as the country changes over to the new telephone numbering system.

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  4. Post Office profits (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Sir William Ryland about excess profits of 100 million pounds at the Post Office and a rebate to telephone users whilst postal charges are going up. He also comments on the splitting of postal...

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  5. Telephone numbers change (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Faith Hammond on recording the new alert for BT to tell people about the new 01 telephone numbers being introduced across the country. Male interviewer not identified.

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  6. New York Telephone Exchange profit on pornographic service (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Special

    Report on the New York Telephone Exchange establishing a special prefix for its new dial a service calls and making a substantial profit from the most successful, taken up by a pornographic magazine....

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  7. Post Office changes (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Industry Secretary Keith Joseph on proposed changes to the structure of the Post Office and the separation of the telephone service.

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  8. Chatines banned by BT (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    British Telecom has announced chatline services will be suspended from noon on Monday pending a Monopolies and Mergers Commission inquiry. BT"s Colin Brown describes the reasons for closing the lines, and...

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  9. Post Office Services

    Date released
    1961
    Series name
    Looking At Britain
    Issue no
    25
    NoS ID
    326951
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: This film shows something of the complex organisation that lies behind the speedy, accurate and reliable handling of mail by following the progress of a letter from the time of posting to the...

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  10. BT changes 01 code to 071/081 (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    The London area telephone dialling code switch has passed without too many hiccups. British Telecom’s Bernard Shek(?) (project manager for the 071/081 number change from 01) speaks to Peter Plisner.

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