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Western Union experiments with roller skating delivery method

Title card: "Good Skates Rush Telegrams Now - Girl messengers scoot around huge Western Union headquarters in unique experiment to speed up delivery system" / women in dresses on roller skates skate on checkered linoleum floor / VS-CU women's feet as they skate / women skate through Western Union office, man in suit smiles / women skate past females working at pneumatic tube station / woman skates up to another woman at desk / MS two women at pneumatic tube station talk as they work / woman holds up telegram and skater retrieves it / CU skates going across floor / two women skate across floor grab each others arms, swing around, let go and skate off / Note: exact day not known
Title card: "Good Skates Rush Telegrams Now - Girl messengers scoot around huge Western Union headquarters in unique experiment to speed up delivery system" / women in dresses on roller skates skate on checkered linoleum floor / VS-CU women's feet as they skate / women skate through Western Union office, man in suit smiles / women skate past females working at pneumatic tube station / woman skates up to another woman at desk / MS two women at pneumatic tube station talk as they work / woman holds up telegram and skater retrieves it / CU skates going across floor / two women skate across floor grab each others arms, swing around, let go and skate off / Note: exact day not known
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
1194399426
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
November 01, 1931
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:49:19
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003896_03_01.mov