Washington, D.C.: WS of Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and printing, home of US postal stamps. 3 men sit at their desks. CU of a man engraving a stamp. He holds a magnifying glass up to the design which promotes American Steel. A man uses a loop to engrave the design onto a small square of steel. CU of the square steel with the inverted image. A man walks through a building holding a frame. A man sits at a desk and pulls a lever to imprint the design on the stamps. A worker observes as sheets of the new stamps roll through the machines. Cuts to CU of several ‘STAMPS’ signs. A woman approaches a stamp kiosk, the man opens a book and shows the woman.
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