Streamlined (1934)

Full title reads: “. STREAMLINED - Speeding up Empire Mail Service.“ Location Unclear. Two men in black coats and Bowler hats standing in front of a car with sign on its door reading “Royal Air Mail Service“. One of the men talking into camera (natural sound). Man is talking about speeding up of the Imperial Air Mail service and reducing 20 fees to only 2. Mail will be sent to Egypt, Persia, Iraq and Near East for one fee and to any other destination in the Empire for another. As he talks, the bags of mail marked ’Singapore’ ’Baghdad’ etc., are being loaded into a car. Car driving towards a plane and bags of mail are loaded on it. Plane talking off. 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 1
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