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Sorting mail at a postal facility, Palestine circa 1933-1935
A postal worker stands at a sorting facility, arranging letters by hand into pigeonholes. The footage was shot in British Mandate Palestine, where the growth of Jewish immigration during the 1930s went hand in hand with the expansion of infrastructure such as postal and administrative services. Everyday scenes of trade, agriculture and services like this one were often used as evidence of Zionist nation-building and featured in contemporary newsreels and promotional films. At the time the region was under British administration, which since the Balfour Declaration of 1917 had struggled with tensions between the Jewish and Arab populations.
- Period
- c. 1933–1935
- Credit
- The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH
Specifications
- Clip name
- HFE011365
- Length
- 0' 03"
- Aspect Ratio
- 0:1
- Frames per Second
- 23.98 fps
- Chroma Subsampling
- yuv422p10le
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Format
- MOV
- File Size
- 72,099,844 bytes