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 Resources : Video Zone : Exhibit Videos

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Exhibit Videos:
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"New Service Speeds Mail to U.S. Troops"
A two-minute newsreel describing V-Mail, produced in 1944 by the Office of War Information. The Victory Mail exhibit showcases the Museum’s collection of World War II V-Mail correspondence.
   
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Protecting Yourself - A U.S. Postal Inspection Service Video
This video about the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is featured in the exhibit, Postal Inspectors: The Silent Service.
   
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Missing You: Letters in Wartime
This video uses snippets of letters from World War I to Desert Storm to express the essential connection of mail between military personnel and the families and friends left behind.

 • Mail Call Exhibit >>

   
     
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On The Road: Moving Mail in America's Cities
This video chronicles the use of motorized vehicles to move mail within America's towns and cities.

 • On the Road Exhibit >>

     
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Mail By Rail
Mail By Rail filmed in 1993, is the story of the Railway Post Office clerks, as told by four ex RPO clerks, Tom Clifton, Harold Coffman, Winston Lark and Don Shenefelt.

 • Mail by Rail Exhibit >>

     
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