- Title: F-6708
- Summary: OUR POST OFFICE: SHOWS HOW JIMMY & SUSAN BUY THEIR MOTHER A BIRTHDAY PRESENT BY WRITING A LETTER TO A MAIL ORDER HOUSE. FOLLOWS A LETTER THROUGH ALL ITS DIFFERENT STAGES OF PROCESSING SUCH AS BEING CANCELLED, STORED, TIED INTO A BUNDLE, TOSSED INTO A MAIL POUCH, LOCKED, PUT ON A TRAIN. EXPLAINS HOW MONEY ORDERS ARE PURCHASED, HOW MAIL IS SORTED BY CARRIERS, AND SERVICE HASTENED BY USE OF AIR MAIL.
- Description:00:26:26 - KIDS LEARN HOW TO PREPARE A LETTER. BROTHER AND SISTER WRITING A LETTER. BOY LEARNS HOW TO ADDRESS AN ENVELOPE. SISTER CHECKS. CU HAND WRITTEN ENVELOPE WITH BOY'S HANDWRITING. KIDS WITH CATALOG ORDERING. WRITING OUT ENVELOPE. RETURN ADDRESS. BOY STARTS TO LICK ENVELOPE. 00:27:33 - LARGE POST OFFICE. AT POST OFFICE WINDOW. FILLING OUT MONEY ORDER. BOY BUYS STAMP. WOMAN WITH SHEETS OF STAMPS. MONEY. MONEY CHANGING HANDS. 00:28:50 - BIG SISTER PUTS MONEY ORDER IN ENVELOPE, LICKS ENVELOPE. PUTS LETTER IN SLOT. MAILING A LETTER 00:29:20 - BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE POST OFFICE. LETTER FALLS INTO TRAY, WORKER AT SORTING TABLE SORTING MAIL. PUTS LETTERS INTO SLOTS MARKED AIR MAIL. SPECIAL DELIVERY 00:29:57 - MACHINE SORTER. CANCELLING STAMP. POST MARK 00:30:20 - WORKER CANCELS LETTERS BY HAND. WITH TINY HAMMER. 00:30:30 - POSTAL CLERKS SORTING MAIL, PUTS IN CUBBY HOLES. 00:30:49 - CU LETTERS GOING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 00:31:15 - CLERK TAKES LETTERS OUT, MAIL TIED INTO LITTLE BUNDLES BY MACHINE 00:31:25 - BUNDLES TOSSED INTO OPEN POUCHES OF MAIL. 00:31:40 - PACKAGES ON CONVEYOR BELT. PARCEL POST TOSSED INTO MAIL HAMPERS. MAIL SACKS. 00:32:00 - CLOCK READS 4:20. 00:32:03 - EMPTY MAIL SLOTS. 00:32:06 - MAIL POUCH LOCKED. POUCHES ON CART. 00:32:35 - POST OFFICE TRUCKS. HELICOPTER. AIR MAIL. AIRPORT. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AIR MAIL FIELD. AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE. PROP PLANE. MAIL LOADED ON A AIRPLANE 00:33:23 - TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. MAIL LOADED ON TRAIN POST OFFICE IN TRAIN SORTS THEIR MAIL. GUN IN HOLSTER ON MAN'S WAIST. 00:34:39 - POSTMEN GO INTO POST OFFICE. MAILMAN. MAIL CARRIERS ARRIVE AT WORK. CLERK SORTS MAIL INTO SLOTS. ARRANGES IN THE ORDER HE'LL DELIVER THEM 00:35:11 - CLERK SORTING PARCEL POST. PACKAGES. 00:35:27 - MOTHER IN LIVING ROOM READING MAGAZINE. OPENS BIRTHDAY CARD & PACKAGE. SO HAPPY. HUGS CHILDREN. 00:36:08 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-6708