Shopping By Post (1940)

Shopping by post. Location of events unknown. Various shots of Mrs Brown looking through mail order catalogue. She fills in her order form and posts it. Various shots showing every stage in the routine of the mail order store, from the receipt of the order to the packing and despatch of the parcel containing the goods ordered. Various shots of a large room with rows of typists at work. Various good shots of women at work as clerks and packers. Mrs Brown receives the shoes and eiderdown she has ordered. 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 (1934-1