Elsie at Work
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Elsie at Work. DESCRIPTION: These pictures show Elsie, the Electronic Letter Sorting Indicator Equipment, at work in Liverpool. It needs a little human assistance, this robot, a man to operate the keyboard of the presentation unit. He had to read the addresses on the letters and direct them on their way. The machine does the rest. SHOTLIST: LS Elsie. MS man sorting letters on Elsie. Closer same. LS Elsie in operation. SCU letters dropping into pigeon holes. CU Elsie in operation. Another angle same. MS sorter takes letters from hole.
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Postal services
- Locations
- England
- Card file number
- 76217
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- James Humphries
- Length of story (in feet)
- 65
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