Tons of Mail for the BEF

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
39/100
Date Released
21 Dec 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Tons of Mail for the BEF
  2. 2On Board a Destroyer
  3. 3Prime Minister in France
  4. 4US Ambassador Home Again
  5. 5A Message from "Over There"
  6. 6Sea Rescue by Blimp
  7. 7Volunteers for Minesweeping
  8. 8First Canadian Contingent Arrives
  9. *International Rugby at Richmond
  10. *Venezuela Oil Fire
  11. *With the Wild Birds
  12. *Italy Launches More Ships
  13. *Moslem Festival

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Summary
Inside the sorting room at the Army Post Office, showing girls and troops sorting letters. Chief of Army Post Office, Colonel Lane, talks about the bad addressing of some of the letters and shows letters with just a name and no address, also parcels that have been so badly wrapped and have burst, spilling their contents.
Keywords
Communications; Public information; Military
Length of story (in feet)
210
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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