The "Great Train Robbery," is the first narrative film. Directed in 1903 by Edwin S. Porter, who had worked as a cameraman for Thomas Edison. The 11-minute long film was shot in and near Edison's New Jersey studio. The storyline was inspired by se...

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Short silent 1903 film depicting a driver of postal screen wagon unloading mail into Railway Post Office train car. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress. Read more at: http://npm.si.edu/exhibits/2b1c2_screenwagon.html

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Short silent 1903 film depicting two Railway Post Office train cars placed between the engine and the passenger cars. This placement was for the safety of rail passengers. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress.

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An examination of the technologies the Post Office Department used to move mail in America's growing cities at the turn of the 20th century. Read more: http://npm.si.edu/exhibits/2b1_serving.html

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A look at the beginning of Free City Delivery, and the struggles of letter carriers over the next sixty years to ensure fair working conditions. Read more: http://npm.si.edu/exhibits/2b1_serving.html

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A short silent film depicting a 1903 rural letter carrier delivering mail. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress.

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Short silent film depicting letter carriers in 1903 leaving a post office for the day's delivery. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress.

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Short 1903 film of screen wagons being loaded with mail at a post office. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress. Read more at: http://npm.si.edu/exhibits/2b1c2_screenwagon.html

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Short 1903 film showing a horse-drawn mail wagon receiving mail from an attached trolley mail car. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress.

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Short film from 1903 showing a letter carrier gathering mail from a street corner package box and Scheble-style mailbox. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress.

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Short, silent film demonstrating how "mail-on-the-fly" worked. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress. Read more at: http://npm.si.edu/exhibits/2c1_railwaymail.html

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Herb Morrison, WLS Chicago radio reporter, and engineer Charlie Nehlsen captured the "Hindenburg" disaster on lacquer disc. Visit: http://npm.si.edu/museum/1d_Hindenburg.html

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Historic footage of Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott canceling the Apollo 15 cover. Transcript of Video: Dave Scott: To show that our good Postal Service has deliveries any place in the universe, I have the pleasant task of canceling, ...

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A 1945 instructional film by the U.S. Navy explains the processing and transportation involved in getting mail, including V-Mail, to sailors around the world. Visit: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/VictoryMail

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A short, 1944 newsreel describing V-Mail produced by the Office of War Information. Read more at: http://npm.si.edu/victorymail

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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.

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The National Postal Museum's exhibit "Posted Aboard the R.M.S. 'Titanic'" (1999-2000) offered visitors a new look at the doomed Royal Mail Ship. Produced for that exhibit, this video features the heroic story of the ship's mail clerks and ends wit...

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Short silent 1903 film depicting a driver of postal screen wagon unloading mail into Railway Post Office train car. The original film is in the collection of the Library of Congress. Read more at: http://npm.si.edu/exhibits/2b1c2_screenwagon.html

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Postal workers sorted some mail by tossing it into bags. This short, 57-second, silent video was produced by the "American Mutoscope & Biograph Company" in 1903. Notice the stage backdrop painted to resemble the interior of a post office.

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Postal workers sorted some mail by tossing it into bags. This short, 57-second, silent video was produced by the "American Mutoscope & Biograph Company" in 1903. Notice the stage backdrop painted to resemble the interior of a post office.

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