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Train taking up mail bag, U.S.P.O.
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The subject of this Postal Department documentary is "snatching" the mail bag from the suspended post by the railroad mail clerk. As the film begins, a man climbs the steps leading to the device that suspends the mail bag in the air. A train can be seen in the distance approcaching the mail bag. At the end of the film, the mail bag is just being snatched from the suspension device. |
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| Year: | 1903 |
| Genre: | Historical |
| Keywords: | Railway mail service; Actuality--Shorts; |
| Duration: | 00:00:57 |
| Color: | No |
| Sound: | No |
| Amount of Motion: | Medium |
| Language: | English |
| Sponsor: | Thomas Edison |
| Contributing Organization: | Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division |
| Transcript Available: | No |
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| Digitizing Organization: | Library of Congress |
