- Title: VM-573A
- Summary: 26 X 36 MESSENGER: STAMP COLLECTING. HOBBIES. PHILATELICS. UNITED NATIONS POST OFFICE. HISTORY OF POSTAL MAIL AND CARRIER SERVICE.
- Description:08:05:18 - CU FBI WANTED POSTER HANGING IN POST OFFICE 08:05:26 - MONTAGE POST OFFICE, CUSTOMERS LINED UP, POSTAL WORKER STAMPING LETTERS, PACKAGES, MAIL SORTER PUTTING ENVELOPES, MAIL INTO SACKS. CU PILES OF ENVELOPES, PARCELS, MAIL. CU SIGN READING: UNITED NATIONS POST OFFICE. CU CUSTOMER PURCHASING STAMP WORKER SHUTS WINDOW AFTER CUSTOMER. 08:06:20 - NARRATOR SPEAKING ON POSTAGE STAMPS 08:07:04 - MS MASSIVE EGYPTIAN CARVINGS AT TOMB ENTRANCE RAMSES TOMB? STILL FOLLOWS. CU CARVED RELIEF FIGURES 08:07:38 - LS PAN POSTAL MOTTO "NEITHER RAIN NOR SHINE..." ON MAIN POST OFFICE IN NEW YORK. 08:07:49 - STILLS 08:09:59 - POSTAGE STAMP HISTORIAN SPEAKING INTERCUT WITH STILLS 08:11:51 - LS EXTERIOR UPU BUILDING, BERN SWITZERLAND 08:13:46 - STILLS 08:15:22 - NARRATOR 08:16:24 - STAMP DESIGNER SPEAKING ABOUT STAMPS 08:16:56 - AFRICAN SCIENTISTS COLLECTING SAMPLES FROM RIVER, STUDYING MALARIA 08:17:12 - CU TINY MALNOURISHED CHILD DRINKING FROM LARGE CUP 08:17:30 - MS SCHOOL BOYS WATCHING DEMONSTRATION OF COGS, WHEELS, GEARS 08:17:46 - MONTAGE SUFFERING PEOPLES AROUND THE WORLD, CU REFUGEES BEHIND BARBED WIRE FENCE, ILL CHILD ON MOTHER'S LAP 08:17:53 - STILLS 08:18:04 - MS METEOROLOGISTS SETTING OFF WEATHER BALLOON 08:18:16 - STILLS 08:18:42 - MS VARIOUS NATIONS FLAGS FLYING IN FRONT OF U N BUILDING 08:18:49 - STILLS 08:18:55 - STAMP DESIGNER SPEAKING, INTERCUTS STILLS 08:19:33 - BOARD MEETING, STAMP DESIGNS CHOSEN BY SELECTION PANEL 08:21:20 - STAMP DESIGNER SPEAKING, HOLDS UP DESIGN 08:22:00 - STILLS 08:22:31 - STAMP DESIGNER HOLDING UP STAMPS, SOME ACCEPTED, SOME NOT ACCEPTED 08:23:08 - MONTAGE STAMP MAKING PROCESS: SWISS ENGRAVING FACTORY, DESIGNER WORKING ON DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHING THE DESIGN, CHECKING THE NEGATIVE UNDER A LOUPE, COPYING NEGATIVE ONTO METAL, MAKING FINAL CHECK OF THE PLATE, PRINTING STAMPS ON PRINTING PRESS, INSPECTOR LOOKING OVER STAMPS, SECURITY GUARD LOCKING, SEALING PRINTING MACHINE, SHIPPING STAMPS, CRATES OPENED & STAMPS INSPECTED 08:24:57 - POSTAL WORKER EMPTYING SACKS OF MAIL, BACK ORDERS FROM STAMP COLLECTORS 08:25:08 - CU POSTAL WORKERS OPENING LETTERS, STAMPING MAIL 08:25:25 - CUSTOMERS ON LINE AT U N POST OFFICE TO PURCHASE NEW STAMP. CU CUSTOMERS OF ALL NATIONALITIES, NUNS BUYING STAMPS 08:26:06 - MONTAGE STAMP COLLECTORS LICKING STAMPS, PUTTING INTO COLLECTION BOOKS 08:26:49 - MONTAGE COLLECTORS TALKING ABOUT THEIR HOBBY OF STAMP COLLECTING. PHILATELICS. 08:27:47 - JUDGE FROM BRONX COURT OF SPECIAL SECTIONS SPEAKING 08:28:31 - POV ON LINE AT U N POST OFFICE, CUSTOMERS BUYING STAMPS 08:28:45 - CELESTE HOLM SPEAKING ON HER HOBBY OF STAMP COLLECTING 08:29:38 - CU AUTOMATED SORTING MACHINE SPITTING OUT STAMPED ENVELOPES 08:29:48 - CUSTOMERS AT STAMP MACHINES BUYING STAMPS 08:30:03 - CU POSTAL WORKER STAMPING ENVELOPES 08:30:11 - STILLS 08:30:36 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-573A