- Title: ENGLAND: EMETT'S 'EYE VIEW' OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE
- Date: 27th February 1962
- Summary: 1. GV EMETT MAKES ADJUSTMENT TO MODEL 0.06 2. CU DITTO 0.13 3. SV MODELS DEPICTING TELEX 0.17 4. CU DITTO 0.21 5. SCU ANOTHER MODEL (2 SHOTS) DIVER LAYING CHANNEL CABLE 0.29 6. SCU MODEL SHOWING ROCKET WHICH HAS SHAPED OF PILLAR BOX 0.41 7. SCU MODEL SHOWING "SUBSCRIBER TELEPHONE CALL" - A TELEPHONE MOVE BETWEEN WOMAN AND BIRD (2 SHOTS) 0.51 8. SV MODEL OF A UNDERWATER CABLE-LAYING BOAT 0.56 9. SCU MODEL OF A TELEGRAM MESSENGER BOY 1.01 10. CU DITTO 1.05 11. CU MODEL OF 'INTER-FLORA', PAN TO MODEL OF WOMAN GETTING DOG LICENCE 1.14 12. CU DOG WITH LICENCE IN MOUTH 1.20 13. SV COMPLETE WORKING MODEL 1.25 Initials PC/V/FW Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 14th March 1962 12:00
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- Location: LONDON, U.K.
- Reuters ID: LVA4TTD5ZY61K7X70E0P001AKVZS
- Story Text: CARTOONIST AND DESIGNER ROWLAND EMETT SEEMS TO HAVE EMPLOYED ALL OF HIS VIVID IMAGINATION IN DESIGNING AND BUILDING 'EMETT VISION OF THE POST OFFICE' - A LARGE WORKING MODEL DISPLAYED IN LONDON FEB 27, SHOWING HIS IDEA OF HOW THE POST OFFICE CONDUCTS ITS MULTIFARIOUS OPERATIONS.
EMETT USED NO SMALL AMOUNT OF MAGIC IN PORTRAYING THE DIVER WHO "KNITS" CABLES FOR USE UNDER THE SEA; THE MESSENGER BOY WHO CARRIES A BANJO-PLAYING CAT BEHIND HIM; THE TELEPHONE MOVING BETWEEN A BIRD IN THE AIR AND THE WOMAN WHO HAD JUST DIALLED A LONG-DISTANCE CALL; THE TELEPHONE BOX THAT SHOOTS LIKE A ROCKET INTO SPACE.
THIS BLEND OF DELIGHT BY EMETT WILL SOON BE ON SHOW IN VARIOUS PARTS OF BRITAIN STARTING WITH THE IDEAL HOMES EXHIBITION IN MARCH.
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