Post Early (1936)

Item title reads - Post early! Christmas mail for Tristan Da Cunha. London. M/S of a man sorting mail at London’s General Post Office. M/S of letters being bundled up. M/S of a sack with label for Tristan Da Cunha, sacks are loaded into a postal van. M/S as it drives away. M/S of boat “Cap Pilar“ in East India dock, which will take the mail to the Island. The narrator says it is a year since a boat has been there. The mail is loaded onto the boat and the Royal Mail pennant is raised. M/S of a map of Africa showing Tristan Da Cunha 2000 miles from Cape Town. L/S of the boat, the crew set sail and people wave them off. M/S of the boat. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the ne