Mount Pleasant During GPO Strike (1971)

General Post Office, Mount Pleasant, Clerkenwell, London. Various shots of the sacks of unopened mail at Mount Pleasant sorting office during the GPO (General Post Office) strike. Mountains of mail waiting to be sorted lying around in sacks - no people. Various shots of mass of abandoned letters and parcels in the office. Close up shot on one of the parcels with sign reading ’Urgent - Medical Supplies’. More shots of the mass of abandoned mail in Mount Pleasant during the strike. Several exterior shots of Mount Pleasant. 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 Br