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USPS Short Film "River Of Mail" Available On Youtube.

 
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panda.bear
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Posted 02/08/2012   6:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add panda.bear to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I had fun watching this video so I thought I would share it. Lots of interesting footage of old sorting facilities, mailboxes, etc. Even some closeups of stamped envelopes being hand canceled which for some reason I found the most exciting.


Here is the link:

http://youtu.be/yR9iOKvDlD0
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That's a classic! It would be an interesting study in how many items one can spot that is all done by computer today (including the personnel manually sorting the mail)!

Got to love those International Harvester Scout SUV's, with the Civil Defense logo on the doors. I'd almost forgotten about those vehicles as they were virtually retired in deference to the Jeeps when I was growing up.
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Thanks for sharing that video. It was very interesting. After it ended, there was a link for one on a "Multi-Position Letter Sorting Machine," which was shown briefly in the "River of Mail."

Does anyone know how these worked? There are no markings on the buttons people were pushing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...sfUJAK8&NR=1
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wt1
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This should help answer your question. Most likely Pitney Bowes units, as the video shown above shows the USPS letter trays, that weren't in use as early as the Burroughs or other prototype units:

http://inventors.about.com/od/mstar...nization.htm
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