Air Mail (1946)

Unissued / unused material. Washington DC, United States of America (USA). L/S crowd around aeroplane on Washington Airfield. Various shots men loading sacks of mail onto plane. Various shots man on board plane sorting mail into pigeon holes with postal districts on. C/U writing on side of plane: “First Flying Post Office“. L/S as plane takes off. Date given on old records is 30/09/1946. FILM ID:2335.2 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 the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Path