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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 67.47 |
LARGE POST OFFICE. AT POST OFFICE WINDOW. FILLING
OUT MONEY ORDER. BOY BUYS STAMP. WOMAN WITH SHEETS OF STAMPS. MONEY. MONEY CHANGING HANDS. |
| 00:28:50 144.47 |
BIG SISTER PUTS MONEY ORDER IN ENVELOPE, LICKS
ENVELOPE. PUTS LETTER IN SLOT. MAILING A LETTER |
| 00:29:20 174.47 |
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 |
| 00:29:57 211.47 |
MACHINE SORTER. CANCELLING STAMP. POST MARK
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| 00:30:20 234.47 |
WORKER CANCELS LETTERS BY HAND. WITH TINY HAMMER.
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| 00:30:30 244.47 |
POSTAL CLERKS SORTING MAIL, PUTS IN CUBBY HOLES.
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| 00:30:49 263.47 |
CU LETTERS GOING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
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| 00:31:15 289.47 |
CLERK TAKES LETTERS OUT, MAIL TIED INTO LITTLE
BUNDLES BY MACHINE |
| 00:31:25 299.47 |
BUNDLES TOSSED INTO OPEN POUCHES OF MAIL.
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| 00:31:40 314.47 |
PACKAGES ON CONVEYOR BELT. PARCEL POST TOSSED
INTO MAIL HAMPERS. MAIL SACKS. |
| 00:32:00 334.47 |
CLOCK READS 4:20.
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| 00:32:03 337.47 |
EMPTY MAIL SLOTS.
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| 00:32:06 340.47 |
MAIL POUCH LOCKED. POUCHES ON CART.
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| 00:32:35 369.47 |
POST OFFICE TRUCKS. HELICOPTER. AIR MAIL. AIRPORT.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AIR MAIL FIELD. AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE. PROP PLANE. MAIL LOADED ON A AIRPLANE |
| 00:33:23 417.47 |
TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. MAIL LOADED ON TRAIN
POST OFFICE IN TRAIN SORTS THEIR MAIL. GUN IN HOLSTER ON MAN'S WAIST. |
| 00:34:39 493.47 |
POSTMEN GO INTO POST OFFICE. MAILMAN. MAIL
CARRIERS ARRIVE AT WORK. CLERK SORTS MAIL INTO SLOTS. ARRANGES IN THE ORDER HE'LL DELIVER THEM |
| 00:35:11 525.47 |
CLERK SORTING PARCEL POST. PACKAGES.
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| 00:35:27 541.47 |
MOTHER IN LIVING ROOM READING MAGAZINE. OPENS
BIRTHDAY CARD & PACKAGE. SO HAPPY. HUGS CHILDREN. |
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TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1966
Color: Black & White
Genre: GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Specialty CollectionGenre: GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Description: 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.
