Rush Post #6

Night Mail's audio was difficult to understand, so it was not entirely clear what was taking place. It is sort of easy to infer that the mail train acts as the life blood of daily English life. Without the nightly deliverance of mail, business transactions (at this time in history) would have grinded to a halt. Levers play a part in to that sentiment. The wrong turn of the wrong lever at the wrong moment could muck the whole system up. The largest part that levers play is in giving instructions to the trains and changing up the directions of the tracks (this is seen about 2 minutes in to the film as well as 7-9 minutes). This mechanization lends itself to the national identity of a country that wants to appear on the cutting edge of technology. Smaller levers pop up in the background of film, on phones (5 minutes in)and used to catch/retrieve the bags of mail from the side of the tracks (18-19 minutes in).