Speeding Up The Mails (1932)

Full title reads: “Croydon. Speeding up the Mails. Our up-to-date . inaugurates first aeroplane ’Royal Mail’ service, for Ottawa Conference correspondence.“ Croydon, Greater London. Mail sacks are tossed out of the back of a van which stands on the airfield next to a Royal Mail aeroplane. The men of the GPO (General Post Office) don’t seem to be worried if their is anything fragile in the bags. The mail is then loaded into the plane. (Natural sound track only - No commentary) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnew