RURAL POSTMAN -1975

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) PICKUP TRUCK COMES INTO VIEW FROM DISTANCE, AS IT RIDES THROUGH BARREN, SNOW-BOUND HILLS, SURROUNDED BY PINE TREES, IN MONTANA. CU BEHIND WHEEL IS VIRGIL LANE, A RURAL POSTMAN WHO DELIVERS TO REMOTE, ISOLATED REGIONS. 00:30:49 VIRGIL STOPS, GETS OUT WITH MAIL, HAS TO CLIMB OVER MOUND OF SNOW TO PLACE MAIL IN MAIL BOX, DECORATED WITH A DEER'S MANY POINTED HORN RACK VIRGIL HAS ONLY FIVE STOPS TO MAKE, BUT FAR AND IN BETWEEN. 00:31:04 VIRGIL SITS FOR BREAKFAST AT HOME IN HUNGRY HORSE, MONTANA, WITH PARROT ON HIS SHOULDER, HIS WIFE VICKI, SERVING HIM. LEAVES HOUSE WITH THERMOS OF COFFEE UNDER ARM. TELLS OF PRECAUTIONS HE TAKES BEFORE LEAVING. 00:31:47 VIRGIL PULLS UP TO MAIN POST OFFICE IN COLUMBIA FALLS. TAKES MAIL FROM PIGEON HOLE RACK, SORTS IT. 00:32:14 VIRGIL'S TRUCK RIDING ON SNOW BOUND ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. CU CHECKS HIS WRIST WATCH TO KEEP ON SCHEDULE. PEOPLE FORM A RESCUE PARTY IF HE DON'T SHOW UP. 00:32:59 VIRGIL STOPS, PICKS UP HIS BINOCULARS, WATCHES GROUP OF DEER PASS THROUGH FOREST TREES. HE PEERS AT MOOSE IN DISTANCE. 00:33:39 SHEPHERD DOG WATCHES AS VIRGIL PULLS UP TO ONE-MAN GENERAL STORE, POST OFFICE, IN TOWN OF POLDRIDGE, HALFWAY POINT ON HIS ROUTE. HE DELIVERS & PICKS UP MAIL, AFTER WHICH HE HAS THREE MORE STOPS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE LIKE EARLY-AMERICAN PIONEERS. 00:34:22 VIRGIL WALKS DOWN WHERE MAN, WOMAN, ON HORSEBACK, RIDE UP TO GET MAIL. MAN HAS LONG BEARD, BUCKSKIN OUTFIT WHICH HE MADE HIMSELF. LOOKING LIKE HE WAS BORN 100 YEARS TOO-LATE. 00:34:46 VIRGIL GETS OUT OF TRUCK OPENS BACK, TAKES OUT SNOWMOBILE TO CONTINUE ON HIS ROUTE, WHICH IS NOT PLOWED. RIDES OFF, LEAVING TRUCK BEHIND. 00:35:44 VIRGIL CLIMBS OVER SNOW TO MAILBOX. HIS LAST STOP WHICH IS QUARTER-MILE INTO CANADA. LS VIRGIL RIDES TOWARDS CAMERA ON SNOW-COVERED ROAD ON WAY BACK HOME THROUGH ISOLATED TERRITORY. ZOOM AWAY.