Postman Nightmare - Trailer Aka Cyril Fletcher Trailer (1948)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. A short trailer film encouraging people to post early for Christmas. A head appears behind curtain - Cyril Fletcher. He starts reciting a poem about a man who did not post his mail early last Christmas. As he finishes, his face disappears behind curtain again. End title reads: “Please post early this Xmas - Parcels by December 18th. - Letters by December 20th.“ Possibly connected with 48/97 - MD. 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 Visnews content from 1957 to t