- Title: VM-243
- Summary: NIGHT MAIL: RUN OF THE BRITISH POSTAL SPECIAL: FAST, NIGHT TRAIN THAT CARRIES MAIL FROM LONDON TO SCOTLAND. WITH WORKERS OF THE TRAVELING POST OFFICE & L.M.S. RAILWAY. SCENES OF DEPARTURE, ON-BOARD SORTING OF MAIL, METHODS OF COLLECTING & DROPPING BAGS OF MAIL AT HIGH SPEEDS, ENGLISH & SCOTTISH SCENERY.
- Description:01:15:57 - CU ELDERLY POSTAL WORKER ON PHONE CALLS TRAIN SCHEDULE 01:16:45 - RAIL STATION BUILDING 01:16:57 - WORKER IN STATION PASSES ON MESSAGE ON TELEGRAPH 01:17:00 - TELEGRAPH POLES 01:17:05 - OTHER WORKER RECEIVES MESSAGE & SENDS BACK REPLY 01:17:12 - WORKER PULLS LEVERS SWITCHING TRAIN TRACKS 01:17:24 - TRAIN PASSES BY AS WORKER RESETS TRACKS 01:17:52 - TRACK WORKERS WORK ON TRACKS 01:17:52 - FOREMAN BLOWS MOUTH WHISTLE FOR WORKERS TO STAND CLEAR AS TRAIN PASSES 01:18:11 - WORKER PASSES BOTTLE TO OTHER WORKER WHO DRINKS AS TRAIN PASSES 01:18:21 - AERIAL TRAIN ROLLS THRU ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE 01:18:42 - UNIFORMED STATION MAN HAND SIGNALS AS TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION 01:18:52 - PAN PEOPLE SEATED IN COMPARTMENTS AS TRAIN COMES TO HALT 01:18:54 - MAN STICKS HEAD OUT OF TRAIN WINDOW & TALKS TO CONDUCTOR AT STATION 01:19:24 - FARM WORKER PULLS HARNESSED HORSE 01:19:35 - CU FARMER CHECKS WATCH AS MAIL TRAIN WHISTLE SOUNDS 01:19:46 - PAN TRAIN SPEEDS BY VILLAGE 01:20:14 - PAN TRAIN SPEEDS BY COUNTRYSIDE 01:20:23 - UNIFORMED POSTMEN CARRY BAGS OF MAIL ALONG TRACKS 01:20:42 - POSTMEN PUT MAIL BAGS ON NET ALONGSIDE TRACKS 01:21:25 - MAIL BAGS ARE DANGLED OVER TRACKS IN SPECIAL BRACKETS 01:21:33 - SPEEDING TRAIN SNATCHES MAIL BAGS FROM BRACKETS 01:21:58 - WORKERS WITH HAND-PULLED WAGONS AWAIT MAIL TRAIN 01:22:17 - MAILMEN UNLOAD BAGS OF MAIL FROM TRAIN 01:22:57 - TWO CONDUCTORS DISCUSS LATE TRAIN 01:23:02 - MEN ON PHONES AT CONTROL STATION COORDINATE SCHEDULES 01:23:10 - CONDUCTOR AT STATION TALKS ON PHONE TO CONTROL COORDINATOR 01:23:56 - TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION WITH PLATFORM LOADED WITH MAILBAGS 01:24:36 - MONTAGE MAIL IS LOADED & UNLOADED ON TRAINS AS WORKERS BUSILY DO THEIR CHORES 01:27:15 - CU STATION MAN BLOWS WHISTLE & SIGNALS TRAIN TO PULL OUT 01:27:24 - CU STEAM SHOOTS OUT AS WHEELS OF LOCOMOTIVE STARTS ROLLING 01:27:35 - MAN STEPS ONTO MOVING TRAIN AS TRAIN PULLS OUT OF STATION 01:28:00 - STEAM POURS OUT OF STACK ON MOVING LOCOMOTIVE 01:28:17 - PAN TRAIN PASS INDUSTRIAL AREA 01:28:57 - MONTAGE WORKERS SORT MAIL IN PIGEON HOLE RACKS 01:29:00 - WORKERS THROW PACKAGES OF MAIL TO MEN IN FRONT OF RACKS 01:30:13 - CU WORKER HOLDS UP LETTER FOR INSPECTION 01:30:31 - SUPERVISION INSPECT MAIL SORTERS AT THEIR POSTS 01:30:48 - SUPERVISOR DISCUSSES PIECE OF MAIL WITH WORKER 01:31:09 - WORKER DEMONSTRATES METHOD OF FOLDING & STRAPPING MAIL BAG 01:31:38 - CU MILK IS ADDED TO CUP OF TEA & HANDED TO SUPERVISOR 01:31:56 - SUPERVISOR ASKS WORKER "HOW YOU GETTING ALONG LAD" 01:34:51 - NARRATOR RECITES MAIL POEM OF W.H. AUDEN TO BEAT OF TRAIN TRACK AS TRAIN ROLLS THRU FARM LAND 01:36:32 - DOGS RUN THRU FIELD TO FAST BEAT OF TRAIN 01:36:35 - ENGINEER BEHIND CONTROLS OF ENGINE 01:36:39 - RABBITS RUN THRU FIELD 01:36:50 - CU TRACKS SPEED BY 01:37:02 - SMOKESTACKS & SMOKE FILLED FACTORY BUILDINGS 01:37:05 - SKYLINE OF CITY 01:37:18 - PAN CITY WITH HARBOR, RAILROAD FREIGHT YARD. TRAIN MARKED "ROYAL MAIL" PASSES CITY WITH BUSY STREETS, CRISS-CROSSING RAIL TRACKS IN FREIGHT YARD 01:37:53 - MEN POLISH TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE PARTS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1936
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-243