Train Taking Up Mail Bag, U.S.P.O., 1903 (Video)

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Train Taking Up Mail Bag, U.S.P.O., 1903

Description

"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 approaching the mail bag. At the end of the film, the mail bag is just being snatched from the suspension device"--Early motion pictures.

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Citation Information

Weed, A. E., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Train taking up mail bag, U.S.P.O. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Courtesy of Library of Congress Courtesy of Library of Congress