Mobile Post-Office Aka . London (1936)

Item title reads - . (General Post Office) London. M/S’s of people standing around a big van. The Post Master General makes a speech to launch the first mobile post office. He pulls the curtain back to reveal the big van, which will be going to big events like the Derby. M/S as he uses it to put in a call to Major Astor and proceeds to tell him all about the project. We see shots of post office people at work and the machinery to make everything go smoothly. M/S of two stamp machines on the side of the van. L/S of people watching. Major Astor wishes him every success with the venture. 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 news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire