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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 was produced and distributed by EB Films (:26). Encyclopedia Britannica was a major producer of educational films for schools and libraries during the 1940’s through to the 1990’s. It shows a day in the life of a mailman and opens with images of mail being set into mail boxes and later collected by post office workers (:52). Millions of letters are sorted and routed daily (1:04). A young girl collects a letter stuffed into her home’s mail slot (1:22). The letter has been sent from Pennsylvania to California. The correspondence is between two young female friends named Anne and Linda (2:01). A mailman; Fred Nelson, punches in for his shift at the post office (2:22). His work begins while most of the town sleeps (2:29). A postal clerk performs his duties even earlier than the mailman (2:33). Clerks sort mail for their designated routes (2:39). The mailman then works to sort his mail (2:43). The camera highlights the sorting case which mailmen use (2:58). A letter for someone whom is no longer on the mailman’s route is adjusted so the sender may know of the residence’s new address (3:18). A registered letter needs special attention (3:30). Anyone who handles the registered mail must sign for it (3:41). Mr. Nelson picks up a key which will unlock all the boxes along his route (3:55). He must also sort through newspapers and magazines which are to be delivered along the route (4:10). Parcels are loaded into relay sacks (4:30). He loads bundles which are to be delivered during the first part of his route (4:48). Much of this work must be completed prior to 8:30 am (4:57). He heads for his route (5:04) and moves from home to home (5:17). He takes a delivery to an apartment building where he will have to use his special key to open the bank of mailboxes (5:35). A storage box for mail to be delivered by the postman along his route is opened (5:56). Linda addresses the envelope for her response to her friend (6:36). At the post office, Linda learns what the zip code refers to (7:02). Linda and her mother approach the clerk at the post office for a stamp on their letter (7:20). Another letter receives a mark for special delivery (7:44). Linda choses to send her letter through air mail (7:56) so her friend may receive it the following day. The letter will first move by truck (8:12) and then by helicopter (8:14) as a LA Airways Sikorsky S-61 helicopter peels off. United Airlines DC-8 jet plane then takes the letter across country (8:19). A truck will then deliver it to the Philadelphia post office (8:23). From here it will go by train and then by truck (8:28) to a local post office. A mail man unloads packages here (8:36). A rural delivery mailman (8:43) begins his route through Anne’s farming neighborhood. Rural routes generally have mailboxes on the side of the road (9:17). A man accepts a package of live baby chickens (9:33). The rural mailman also sells stamps and money orders (9:35) as he acts as a miniature mobile post office. Anne receives her letter (10:07). The film begins to wrap up with a summary on the various ways with which mail moves (10:35). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ 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
