alcr1 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Around 1973 I there was a show on PBS called the International Animation Festival. It was hosted by Jean Marsh, and featured animated films from around the globe. There was a short film that I believe was a promo film for the U.S. Post Office. IIRC, it had shots of various things that didn't necessarily relate to the Post Office -- I seem to remember that one shot was of molten metal being poured into a mold. There may have been another shot taken aboard a ship at sea -- things like that. I think the shots may have been hand-colored. On the soundtrack was an instrumental calypso/latin/caribbean-sounding song -- which I recorded from the TV while the show was playing! I'd love to see the picture again. Anyone remember this film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhov Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 The hand-colored shots sound much more like a Melies film than anything from the 1930s. That practice was virtually dead at that point. In Tati's Jour de Fete, a newsreel for the US post office is shown but it is nothing like what you describe. I am not sure why anything about the US post office would include clips of things not related at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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