Airport Post
The following extract,
from a documentary film,
is read by an actor:
"Croydon calling, Croydon calling.
Croydon is the terminal point
of British and European air routes.
Every day these services
carry letters and packages
all over the world.
Birthday greetings,
prospectuses,
reports on industry
on the other side of the world,
letters from soldiers in India,
reports on crops.
Letters are carried
to every part of Europe
on a four penny flat rate per ounce.
The blue air mail boxes
in the City of London
are specially cleared
for every service used.
Letters can be posted in them
up to an hour and a half
before the aeroplane leaves Croydon.
Messengers who have been waiting
at the last possible moment
come running up to catch the post.
Letters which miss the post
can be phoned to Croydon.
Croydon 3261 speaking."
