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  1. GPO

    Date released
    1 Oct 1936
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    382A
    NoS ID
    006881
    Story no
    9 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: GPO, Mobile Post Offices Scour Country in Search of Clients. DESCRIPTION: Mobile Post Offices scour country in search of Clients.

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  2. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    3 Feb 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/11
    NoS ID
    113441
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    An estimated 10,000 Post Office workers marched to Hyde Park for a mass union meeting on the day of the Post Office strike. Mail piled up. Post Offices shut down, but the GPO workers were adamant about their...

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  3. News Flashes - Stop Press

    Date released
    11 Aug 1941
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1090
    NoS ID
    037922
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    London has Mobile Post Offices ready in case of blitz.

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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. World Cup Stamps a Sell Out

    Date released
    21 Aug 1966
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    66/67
    NoS ID
    112185
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    4d Stamp Issue commemorating English victory brings queues at Post Offices everywhere.

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  6. GPO Mechanisation

    Date released
    Jan 1967
    Series name
    Carrousel Britanico
    Issue no
    22
    NoS ID
    324687
    Story no
    2 / 5

    NoS synopsis: Visits one of Britain’s newest post offices where the thousands of letters and packets posted every day are sorted by automation.

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  7. GPO Mechanisation

    Date released
    Nov 1966
    Series name
    Parade
    Issue no
    38
    NoS ID
    327287
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Automation of parcels and letter sorting in some of London’s newest post offices.

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