1936RAILROADS & TRAINS
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.
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CU ELDERLY POSTAL WORKER ON PHONE CALLS TRAIN SCHEDULE
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| 01:16:45 57.07 |
RAIL STATION BUILDING
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| 01:16:57 69.07 |
WORKER IN STATION PASSES ON MESSAGE ON TELEGRAPH
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| 01:17:00 72.07 |
TELEGRAPH POLES
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| 01:17:05 77.07 |
OTHER WORKER RECEIVES MESSAGE & SENDS BACK REPLY
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| 01:17:12 84.07 |
WORKER PULLS LEVERS SWITCHING TRAIN TRACKS
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| 01:17:24 96.07 |
TRAIN PASSES BY AS WORKER RESETS TRACKS
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| 01:17:52 124.07 |
TRACK WORKERS WORK ON TRACKS
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| 01:17:52 124.07 |
FOREMAN BLOWS MOUTH WHISTLE FOR WORKERS TO STAND CLEAR AS TRAIN PASSES
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| 01:18:11 143.07 |
WORKER PASSES BOTTLE TO OTHER WORKER WHO DRINKS AS TRAIN PASSES
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| 01:18:21 153.07 |
AERIAL TRAIN ROLLS THRU ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE
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| 01:18:42 174.07 |
UNIFORMED STATION MAN HAND SIGNALS AS TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION
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| 01:18:52 184.07 |
PAN PEOPLE SEATED IN COMPARTMENTS AS TRAIN COMES TO HALT
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| 01:18:54 186.07 |
MAN STICKS HEAD OUT OF TRAIN WINDOW & TALKS TO CONDUCTOR AT STATION
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| 01:19:24 216.07 |
FARM WORKER PULLS HARNESSED HORSE
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| 01:19:35 227.07 |
CU FARMER CHECKS WATCH AS MAIL TRAIN WHISTLE SOUNDS
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| 01:19:46 238.07 |
PAN TRAIN SPEEDS BY VILLAGE
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| 01:20:14 266.07 |
PAN TRAIN SPEEDS BY COUNTRYSIDE
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| 01:20:23 275.07 |
UNIFORMED POSTMEN CARRY BAGS OF MAIL ALONG TRACKS
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| 01:20:42 294.07 |
POSTMEN PUT MAIL BAGS ON NET ALONGSIDE TRACKS
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| 01:21:25 337.07 |
MAIL BAGS ARE DANGLED OVER TRACKS IN SPECIAL BRACKETS
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| 01:21:33 345.07 |
SPEEDING TRAIN SNATCHES MAIL BAGS FROM BRACKETS
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| 01:21:58 370.07 |
WORKERS WITH HAND-PULLED WAGONS AWAIT MAIL TRAIN
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| 01:22:17 389.07 |
MAILMEN UNLOAD BAGS OF MAIL FROM TRAIN
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| 01:22:57 429.07 |
TWO CONDUCTORS DISCUSS LATE TRAIN
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| 01:23:02 434.07 |
MEN ON PHONES AT CONTROL STATION COORDINATE SCHEDULES
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| 01:23:10 442.07 |
CONDUCTOR AT STATION TALKS ON PHONE TO CONTROL COORDINATOR
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| 01:23:56 488.07 |
TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION WITH PLATFORM LOADED WITH MAILBAGS
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| 01:24:36 528.07 |
MONTAGE MAIL IS LOADED & UNLOADED ON TRAINS AS WORKERS BUSILY DO THEIR CHORES
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| 01:27:15 687.07 |
CU STATION MAN BLOWS WHISTLE & SIGNALS TRAIN TO PULL OUT
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| 01:27:24 696.07 |
CU STEAM SHOOTS OUT AS WHEELS OF LOCOMOTIVE STARTS ROLLING
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| 01:27:35 707.07 |
MAN STEPS ONTO MOVING TRAIN AS TRAIN PULLS OUT OF STATION
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| 01:28:00 732.07 |
STEAM POURS OUT OF STACK ON MOVING LOCOMOTIVE
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| 01:28:17 749.07 |
PAN TRAIN PASS INDUSTRIAL AREA
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| 01:28:57 789.07 |
MONTAGE WORKERS SORT MAIL IN PIGEON HOLE RACKS
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| 01:29:00 792.07 |
WORKERS THROW PACKAGES OF MAIL TO MEN IN FRONT OF RACKS
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| 01:30:13 865.07 |
CU WORKER HOLDS UP LETTER FOR INSPECTION
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| 01:30:31 883.07 |
SUPERVISION INSPECT MAIL SORTERS AT THEIR POSTS
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| 01:30:48 900.07 |
SUPERVISOR DISCUSSES PIECE OF MAIL WITH WORKER
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| 01:31:09 921.07 |
WORKER DEMONSTRATES METHOD OF FOLDING & STRAPPING MAIL BAG
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| 01:31:38 950.07 |
CU MILK IS ADDED TO CUP OF TEA & HANDED TO SUPERVISOR
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| 01:31:56 968.07 |
SUPERVISOR ASKS WORKER "HOW YOU GETTING ALONG LAD"
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| 01:34:51 1143.07 |
NARRATOR RECITES MAIL POEM OF W.H. AUDEN TO BEAT OF TRAIN TRACK AS TRAIN ROLLS THRU FARM LAND
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| 01:36:32 1244.07 |
DOGS RUN THRU FIELD TO FAST BEAT OF TRAIN
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| 01:36:35 1247.07 |
ENGINEER BEHIND CONTROLS OF ENGINE
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| 01:36:39 1251.07 |
RABBITS RUN THRU FIELD
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| 01:36:50 1262.07 |
CU TRACKS SPEED BY
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| 01:37:02 1274.07 |
SMOKESTACKS & SMOKE FILLED FACTORY BUILDINGS
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| 01:37:05 1277.07 |
SKYLINE OF CITY
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| 01:37:18 1290.07 |
PAN CITY WITH HARBOR, RAILROAD FREIGHT YARD. TRAIN MARKED "ROYAL MAIL" PASSES CITY WITH BUSY STREETS, CRISS-CROSSING RAIL TRACKS IN FREIGHT YARD
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| 01:37:53 1325.07 |
MEN POLISH TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE PARTS
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