Decimal Coin Stamp Vending Machines (1969)

London. MS. Queue of people outside St. Paul’s Post Office in London waiting to purchase stamps from decimal coin vending machine. Various shots of the people putting their five new pence coins into the machine. They receive five stamps for this: 2d., 2d., 3d., 1d., 4d. The stamps are issued sideways in sets of five. One group of men are seen on their way to spending $15 in the machine and are seen winding up their stamps. Several shots of an ambulance car leaving its garage and driving up London street - this short sequence seems to belong to another item - unclear. (Orig. Neg.) Date found in the old record - 27/08/1969. FILM ID:3321.2 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 agenc