Post Office - Trailer (1949)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. A Short Trailer film encouraging people to wrap their parcels correctly. A stunt car is driven over a ramp - it crashes and rolls. The film is then run backwards. A young woman slides down a slide into a swimming pool. The film then runs backwards. CU a hand picks out a banana from a fruit bowl. It is peeled and a man then begins to eat it. The film is then run backwards. MS a man throws eggs against the wall. They smash. The film is run backwards and the eggs return to his hand. MS a man stands in a doorway. He is presented with a soggy and torn looking parcel by a Postman. CU hands wrapping eggs carefully in paper before packing them safely in a tin box. CU of properly packed parcel - 'Eggs With Care' is written on it. Possibly connected with 49/62 - MD. 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.