https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b922158f-0f21-41e6-8884-1c5f0d91ef9c Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Presented by the AFL-CIO, this film is part of the “Americans at Work” film series. This episode focuses on postal workers. It breaks down the intricate and labor-intensive processes of mail delivery and traces the process of moving mail from pickup to sorting and delivery. The film shows a day in the life of a letter carrier as well as their expected character. The "Americans at Work" series dates to 1959-1960 and constitutes 104 films. The AFL-CIO Public Relations Department coordinated the production and distribution of the series. (00:00) It opens with the shoes of the letter carrier (:10) whistling as he walks over pavement. He stuffs letters into mailbox cubby holes (:37). This feature is presented by the AFL-CIO (:47). A boy licks the sticky side of the envelope (1:16). A hand pulls letters from a recently stuffed mailbox (1:19). Mail is dumped from a crate onto a counter at the post office (1:23). Postal clerks feed sorting machines (1:25). Mail is sorted into bins for delivery (1:31). A 1950’s Chevy model drives up to deliver mail (1:32) as a man waits by the mailbox. A section explains various methods by which mail travels (1:44). Parcels are loaded into a Vickers 744 Viscount (1:49) of Capital Airlines. Letters may also travel by cargo ship (2:10). Mail bags get tossed into a train for rail transit (2:31) or a truck for road delivery. Mail leaves the main post office for a substation (2:47). Horses and pack mules move up mountainous areas with US mail sacks (2:48). Most of the mail still travels by foot (3:15). A letter carrier pushes a satchel cart (3:34). Three wheeled Westcoaster Mailsters (3:47) enabled easy coverage of large areas in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Various dangers posed to the mail carrier are addressed (4:14). A segment relays how many are dependent on regular mail delivery (4:23). A woman scribes letters for a special gathering (4:39). A mother and child flip through a McCall’s magazine issue (4:50). Advertisements (4:58) and bills (5:06) are too delivered through the mail. A serviceman receives word from home (5:20). Narration tours a day in the life of the mail delivery man (5:30) beginning at four in the morning. Post office workers sort mail (6:07) for delivery to the zone branch. Sorting is conducted by street, block, house, floor and apartment. Speed is a necessity for the sorting process (6:30). The mail man prepares his sack; letters are sorted in order from left to right (7:01). The process of casing is depicted (7:18). Prior to heading out for delivery, the carrier stops at the check out desk (7:44) for keys to open storage and apartment boxes. The mail man pays postage dues prior to delivery and will later collect payment (7:53). The mail man punches out (8:15). Routes of the postman are explored (8:37). The section discusses the character of the mail carrier (8:41). He refills his sack at a storage box (9:12) with first- and second-class mail. Mail delivery at apartment complexes (9:43) is considerably easier than delivery for residential homes. A postman makes a face to face delivery (10:16). A US mail truck deliveries large parcels (10:35). Close shots pass over the inscription on the National Postal Museum in DC (10:57). A letter gets typed on a vintage Royal Typewriter (11:27). A postcard gets written (11:42). Another letter is typed on a 1930’s Remington model (11:48). A boy writes a letter for Santa during the holiday season (12:09) and stuffs it into a storage bin. The Christmas rush is depicted at the post office (12:21). Over stuffed carts (12:45) move through the post office through. The final section honors the connection to the union (13:04). The union seal concludes the film (13:20). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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