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Our Post Office (1965)

1965 · Short film · 10 min

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This 1965 film "Our Post Office" is presented by Encyclopedia Britannica films (:11). The feature shows the many benefits of the United States post office and how mail moves. EB Films was a major producer and distributor of educational films for school and library use during the 1940’s through to the 1990’s. The film opens as two children named Susan and Jimmy address a letter (:33) to order a gift for their mother’s birthday. They are ordering through a mail order catalogue (:43). Susan shows Jimmy how to properly address a letter (1:05). The zip codes on both addresses are noted (1:22). The catalogue asks for money order or check (1:37). Susan travels to the post office in Evanston to retrieve a money order (1:41). The girl meets with the post office clerk to purchase a money order (1:54). The postal money order is zoomed in on (2:02). Jimmy purchases stamps for the letter (2:12). The clerk then instructs Susan to write the name of the company (2:29). The seal for the Post Office Department of the United States (2:44) appears. Each town houses a post office (2:52). The children ensure the letter is ready to mail with the money order set inside (3:08). Jimmy tosses the letter into the ‘out of town letters’ slot (3:24). The camera pans to the other side of the slot as letters are collected (3:31) to be mailed out. Letters are taken to a sorting table (3:35). Mail can be shipped by truck or air mail (3:44). An eight cent US Air Mail stamp is highlighted to show the increased…

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Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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