Sorting It All Out

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1855

Date Released

21 Dec 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1High Flying Fish
2. 2Make Way for the New
3. 3Showbiz Makes a Happier Christmas
4. 4Sorting It All Out
5. 5Animals Join the Fun

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sorting It All Out. DESCRIPTION: The sorting system at Mount Pleasant in London seems rather antiquated compared with the electronic sorting system in Nuremberg, which deals with packing and dispatching toys. Mount Pleasant is one of the largest postal centres in the world. SHOTLIST: Medium shot of man at control consul. Control room. Man at control consul watching the trays go past. Trays with various toys in. Doll dropping into tray. Trays going in different directions. Tray filled with toys. Part of the drive mechanism. Woman packing the dolls in a box. Parcels being pushed from the fast moving conveyor belt. Sorters sorting the mail. Woman sorting parcels into different stacks. Sorters at Mount Pleasant. Parcels on conveyor belt. Postmaster General Mr Wedgwood Benn helping sort the mail. Close up of turkey which has come unwrapped during transit. Postmaster General holding the turkey up. Postmaster General holding a broken scotch bottle.

Keywords

Communications

Locations

Germany; United Kingdom

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

89182A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

155

Story extras:

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