Post Instant

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1987A

Date Released

6 Jul 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ribocco Sweeps Derby
2. 2Sounding Brass
3. 3Post Instant
4. 4Action Girls
5. 5Brab First Home

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Post Instant. DESCRIPTION: The Postmaster General introduces Postal Fortnight at Norwich. This is the first Sorting Office to use the new Automatic Letter Sorting Equipment. SHOTLIST: CU sack of mail comes down chute into new mechanised sorting office at Norwich. MS man stacking sacks of mail. Zoom in man empties sack of mail into new sorting office machines. MS sorting machines loaded up with mail. CU letters being turned round to face the right way by machine. MCU ditto. MS pan machine sorting letters. CU part of machine. MS machine operator standing by machine. MCU letters being separated by machine. CU ditto. MCU machine sorting letters. MCU the coding operator typing the coded address on a machine which translates same into a pattern of phosphorescent dots. CU ditto (x3). Walking shot to machines Memory system. Zoom in letters being sorted by machine. CU ditto (x4). MS pan along machine.

Keywords

Politics and government; Science and technology; Postal services

Locations

Norwich; England

Card file number

92544

Credits:

Commentator

Peter Nerreter

Length of story (in feet)

135

Story extras:

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