Postman’s Exhibition (1956)

Tottenham, London. M/S of a man in an old-fashioned (pre-1840) postman’s uniform and using a dimensurator to measure mileage; commentator explains that postal charges once depended on distance. We then see various shots of exhibits in Bruce Castle Museum that illustrate the history of the postal service; models, uniforms, guns that the postmen used to be armed with for protection against highwaymen. A man in an old postman’s uniform is seen weighing a letter on a tiny scale; there are models of every kind of transport that has carried the Royal Mail: stage coaches, ships, aeroplanes. Note: on file is correspondence and general notes on Bruce Castle. 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