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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This educational film “Postman... Rain or Shine“ was presented by Charles Cahill and Associates (:09) with the cooperation of the U.S. Post Office. It shows the daily operations of the U.S. Postal Service. The film opens with a mailman (:26) delivering mail to local residents. Another mail man delivers the mail in stormy weather (:54). A postman utilizing a Jeep FJ3 Fleetvan mail truck stuffs letters into a residential mailbox (1:02). An elderly woman receives a letter from her grandchildren living in California (1:17). Mrs. Peterson resides on a dairy farm on the eastern coast (1:31). She lights up as she reads the letter informing her the children want to spend the summer on her farm (1:42) highlighting the importance of connection and communication. She sits to write a response to her grandchildren (1:56). As she addresses the letter, the zip code is pointed out on the envelope (2:08). A post office employee lifts massive mail bags (2:22) for distribution. Mrs. Peterson meets the clerk at the post office (2:24) to purchase stamps for her letter. Other post office employees sort mail (2:34). She sticks a stamp on the corner of the envelope (2:45). The sale of stamps brings some revenue to the post office (2:45). She drops her letter into the “out of town” slot (2:55). A cancelation notes that a stamp has already been used once and may not be reused (3:07). This also shows the town and state where the letter was mailed. An employee in a rural post office applies the cancelation by hand (3:27). Her letter is set into a sack of mail which is to be sent by train (3:36). A US mail truck takes the sack first to the railroad (3:40). This sack is set by a special stand by the tracks (3:46). The train scoops the stack from the post at high speed (4:08). A sack of mail is simultaneously dropped off (4:14). The retrieved sack is sent to the railway post office car (4:29). Employees within sort and package the letters (4:37). Dark footage shows the train zooming through town (4:46). By the following morning, the train has arrived in the far west (4:51). Mrs. Peterson’s grandchildren; Bob and Betty (4:57) rush to meet the postman. The postman has not yet received their letter from their grandmother (5:08). A US mail truck stops by mail drop offs within a busy city area (5:32). The train arrives in California (5:47). Mail is unloaded upon arrival (6:01). The US Terminal Annex Post Office aka Los Angeles Main Post Office off North Alameda Street follows (6:05). A cart brings in a heavy load of mail (6:09). Once inside, mail sack contents are dumped (6:18). Bundles which have been prepared on the train are cut open (6:25). These letters are further sorted (6:32). Bob and Betty’s highly anticipated letter is in this collection (6:32). Conveyor belts take the trays to designated locations within the post office (6:37). Bob and Betty’s letter is set into a slot for Eagle Rock (7:02). Separated mail is sacked again and loaded onto trucks (7:35) to branch post offices. Within the central post office (7:49) a machine works to cancel letters (8:10). Employees hand sort mail (8:17). A Los Angeles Airways Sikorsky S-61 helicopter touches down to deliver its load of mail (8:30). Mail is then taken to be loaded onto a DC-8 Jet Mainliner (8:40). A plane from United Airlines takes off (8:55) moving over snowy peaks (9:01). A mail delivery truck has arrived at the branch post office (9:05) in the grandchildren’s neighborhood. The mailman sorts the mail (9:13) according to how he would deliver it on his mail route. He notices the letter the children have been waiting for (9:26). Betty opens the letter in excitement (9:45). The mail man takes off to continue his route (9:57). The film begins to wrap up showing a synopsis of how mail moves (10:08). The Jeep FJ Fleetvan was a compact delivery van manufactured by Willys Motors and Kaiser-Jeep from 1961 to 1975. It was based on the DJ-3A Dispatcher, but equipped with the F-134 Hurricane engine. Two models were available, the FJ-3 and the longer FJ-3A. It came standard with the familiar Borg-Warner T-90 three-speed manual transmission. A Borg-Warner automatic was offered as an option. 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. For more information visit
