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Date released

Jul 1938

Series name

Ace Cinemagazine

Issue no

74

NoS ID

349203

Story no

1 / 5

NoS synopsis: An item about the Post Office Museum in which are collected relics of the early days of the Post Office, precautions against highwaymen etc.

News on Screen Cinema news Record only

Post Office in the Thirties, The: Providing a Service (1991 Video)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 88 min., 2004 sale: £11.99 (+p&p)

Compilation of eight short films from the GPO Film Unit showing the range of services the Post Office provided in the 1930s and how these were promoted. [See individual titles for synopsis details.]

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Sir William Ryland on profit increases and Post Office Users’ Council (1975)

Genre

Interview

Post Office chairman Sir William Ryland speaks on behalf of the Postal workers regarding the Post Office pension scheme. They believe the Government should be making up the deficit. As profits rise in the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victory Report: Niton Radio Station IOW (1979)

Documentary with interviews about Post Office coast radio station at Niton IOW and trial of alarm call system Selcall. Track 1- Music - Niton radio IOW operates from new site established in 1975. Is one of...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

New on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

Date

24 Apr 2013, 16:16

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

Post

The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,350 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

Other Record only

Post Office needs to be competitive (1994)

Genre

Interview

Post Office Chief Executive Bill Cockburn on the privatisation of the Post Office and Parcelforce. He says the Government must find ways to make the consortium more competitive. Interviewer not heard.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Post Office announces profits (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the record profits announced by the Post Office leading to a freeze on prices. Includes interviews with Ron Dearing, Post Office chairman; Ron Burley, Post Office Users National Council. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Post Office strikes (1979)

Genre

Interview

Post Office union spokesman Charles Elliott, about the effect of new industrial action on the supply of stamps to post offices. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sir Bryan Nicholson on Post Office profits (1990)

Genre

Interview

Post Office Chairman, Sir Bryan Nicholson on the Post Office’s announcement of profits of over 116 million pounds ahead of a rise in postage stamp costs in September. Interviewer is Margaret Shiels.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Post Office performance (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview about how the Post Office can improve its productivity, and the increasing price of postage. Is management to blame for its problems?

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio