00:00:30 12.9 |
BOY WRITING & MAILING POST CARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE FROM SAN FRANCISCO. WRITES IT AT THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. LICKING STAMP. |
00:00:36 18.9 |
PRE-TEEN MAILS POSTCARD IN MAIL BOX
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00:00:50 32.9 |
MAILMAN PICKS UP MAIL FROM MAILBOX. PUTS IN MAIL
SACK |
00:01:08 50.9 |
U. S. MAIL TRUCK ON URBAN STREET, MAIL TRUCK
ARRIVES AT POST OFFICE, BACKS UP TO LOADING DOCK. |
00:01:47 89.9 |
CUSTOMERS AT POST OFFICE COUNTER PURCHASING
STAMPS, ETC. |
00:02:02 104.9 |
CU PACKAGE BEING SENT BY THE U. S. MAIL SERVICE.
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00:02:05 107.9 |
POST OFFICE WORKERS POSTAL WORKERS UNLOADING
SACKS OF MAIL. SEPARATING, SORTING MAIL. LETTERS, MAIL ON CONVEYOR BELT. |
00:03:07 169.9 |
CU 8 CENT STAMP. AIR MAIL STAMP.
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00:03:26 188.9 |
MAIL, LETTERS SHOOTING THROUGH CANCELLING MACHINE
CU CANCELLED STAMP. MACHINE FLIPS LETTERS OVER |
00:03:52 214.9 |
WORKERS PLACE CRATES OF MAIL ON CONVEYOR, MAIL
ON CONVEYOR |
00:04:24 246.9 |
CU TELEVISION CAMERA. CU MONITORS RECORDING MAIL
CRATES ON CONVEYOR, WATCHING FOR BREAKDOWNS. CONTROL CENTER WORKER DISCOVERS A BREAKDOWN. WORKER CALLS ON RADIO. COMMUNICATIONS. CONVEYOR FIXED. CRATES BEGIN TO MOVE AGAIN |
00:05:23 305.9 |
WORKER SUPERVISES AUTOMATED SORTING MACHINE. CU
WORKER PUSHING KEYS TELLING MACHINE WHERE MAIL WILL GO. LETTERS SORTED BY ZIP CODE IN CUBBY HOLES. |
00:06:15 357.9 |
TRACKING SHOT BUSY POST OFFICE INTERIOR
|
00:06:45 387.9 |
CU FLASHING BLINKING LIGHTS. SORTING MACHINE
SORTS LETTERS OF THE SAME SIZE. UNIFORM SIZE. |
00:07:24 426.9 |
LETTERS DROPPED INTO CUBBY HOLES, WORKER EMPTIES
LETTERS AND PUTS INTO TRAYS. TRAYS ON CONVEYOR. LETTERS PUT INTO SACKS |
00:07:58 460.9 |
MAIL SACKS LOADED ONTO CONVEYOR
|
00:08:50 512.9 |
POST OFFICE WORKERS SORTING MAIL INTO BINS
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00:09:12 534.9 |
LOADING SACKS OF MAIL INTO TRUCKS.
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00:09:25 547.9 |
MAIL PLANES TAKE OFF & LANDS
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00:10:02 584.9 |
UNLOADING MAIL BAGS FROM TWA PLANE ONTO HELICOPTER
AIR MAIL. MAIL TRUCK MEETS HELICOPTER |
00:10:59 641.9 |
POSTMAN MAKING DELIVERY IN SUBURBIA; BOYS LOOK
AT POSTCARD |
Description: SHOWS THE ROLE OF PEOPLE & MACHINES IN TODAY'S MODERN POST OFFICE. EXPLAINS THE PROCESSES OF SORTING, CANCELING, & TRANSPORTING MAIL. DEMONSTRATING THE SPEED OF TODAY'S POSTAL SERVICE, 1967
Keywords: letter carrier
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