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Postal Automation

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
092
Date Released
1 Oct 1956
Length of issue (in feet)
758
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Lacock Abbey
  2. 2Observation Platform
  3. 3Postal Automation
  4. 4Motoring School

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Something the public doesn’t ordinarily see - so we look behind the scenes to find out how automation will be improving the efficiency of our postal services of tomorrow ...experimental projects like the new letter-sorting machine and a synthetic speech-making machine called Esme.
Keywords
Postal services; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
London; England
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
196
Story extras:
Film clip

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