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You hm'e filmed Junior on the dark room, the chargers are opened
beach-you put the ex.posed charger and the film removed. The film and
into a corrugated brown wrapper (to the envelope (bearing the invoice
prevent c!amage} and then into the number} are then ~e.yhanically punch-
Rainbow carton - NOT FORGET- ed with a number, in the form of
TING YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS small perforations through the film
- then you seal the carton ade- and envelope. The films are then
quately and pop it in the pillar box joined together on large reels con-
-what happens next ? taining about 35 films each, approx-
The First Act commences with the imately I ,050 feet, ready for the
G.P.O. arriving at Pathescope Lab- various stages of processing, whilst
oratories with numerous bags filled the envelopes, now bearing an in-
with Rainbow cartons-these are all voice and a perforated number, are
checked to ensure correct packing and sent to another department to await
put into bins. Cartons that are the finished items.
found open and empty, many owing These large reels are loaded on to
to customers not securely fixing same, the developing machine where a
are put on one side in the hope that compensated reversal process is
the chargers are in the bag and, of carried out. This process has been
course, very often there are more described in a previous issue of this
than one, then it is impossible to sort journal.
them out until they are developed As the film finishes its journey
and we are contacted by the cust-
through the drying cabinet it is
omer giving a description of his collected . on to large reels, from
film. which it is unrolled and each individ-
The cartons that are correctly ual 30ft. of film is detached and re-
packed are opened, the chargers are wound with an extra lead or tail at-
removed, still light tight, and put in tached. The original envelopes
an envelope-if the customer's name which are filed in the same sequence
and address have been correctly en- as the films on the large spool, are
closed the identification slip and the then matched with the films by mean~
envelope containing the charger are of the perforated numbers - when
given an invoice number. If, how- checked the films are then put into
ever, the carton is received minus the small bags and then into their en-
name and address of the sender then velopes.
a record is made of the postal de- The envelopes, now containing the
tails, i.e., date and place of posting, processed films, then proceed to the
if legible, and passed to the CLAIMS Despatch Department where, by
DEPT., together with the film when means of the original invoice number
I processed. the customers address is obtained.
The chargers in envelopes, bearing
Following this each package is sealed,
I invoice numbers, are passed to the labelled and then back into the hands
of the G.P.O. for the return journey.
next department where, in a totally
9.5tnllt. FILM LIBRARY SERVICES
are offered by the following dealers
Messrs. HOLDINGS FIDELITY FILMS, 39-41, Mincing Lane, Blackburn Silent
POSTAL SERVICE IN OPERATION
J. LIZARS, 118, Union Street, Aberdeen Silent
RELIANCE PHOTO SERVICE, 60, High Street, Lowestoft Silent
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