Videos – Documentary Footage of British Postal Services
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"Night Mail" (British Film Institute) The classic documentary by the GPO Film Unit [23:37, 1936] |
Letter Sorting at the Post Office (Huntley Film Archives) ALF machine in use with Wilding graphite-lined stamps [6:59, 1950s] |
Parcel Sorting Machine at the GPO (British Movietone) Operation of the machine at Mount Pleasant, no sound [3:21, 1950s?] |
History of the Postal Service and the Royal Mail (Huntley Film Archives) Colour documentary film [16:20, 1960s] |
Post Office Sorting (Huntley Film Archives) ALF, how the postcode and blue sorting dots worked [9:02, 1970s] |
Packet Sorting Machine Royal Mail Packet Sorting Machine in action in a promotional video [7:03, 1983?] |
Royal Mail Security Training Video (shippy555) RM video to warn delivery staff about security issues, mostly shot in the Westcountry [14:17, 1995] |
Mount Pleasant Sorting Office (Kinolibrary) Film showing day-to-day operations [4:41, 1996] |
London's Post Office Railway - Mail Rail (David Othen) Filmmaker's guided tour of the GPO underground railway [19:31, 1996] |
How the UK Postal Service Operates (commonlaw007) Journey of a letter, including Integrated Mail Processor [7:49, 2013] |
Onboard the Travelling Post Office (Railways UK) Film from GCR's 'Trains, Cranes & Mail by Rail' gala [8:12, 2013] |
Travelling Post Office Demonstration (citytransportinfo) Demo of how TPO mailbag drop-off and pick-up worked, filmed at Didcot Railway Centre [6:48, 2014] |
How a letter is sorted at Royal Mail's Mount Pleasant sorting office (Daily Telegraph) From Mount Pleasant sorting office [1:02, 2014] |
Royal Mail SortTest (Przemek3007) Could you sort letters at the required speed? [3:25, 2015] |
Sorting the Christmas Post in Leeds (Mark Kielesz‑Levine) Coping with the busiest day of the year [3:18, 2015] |
Journey of a Letter (The Postal Museum) Journey of a letter from post box to recipient [6:20, 2017] |
London's Mail Rail at The Postal Museum (WorldOfRailways) A ride on the first day of operation to the general public [17:45, 2017] |