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This unique batch of WW2 images appear to be a pictorial essay about the Airgraph, a film based system used to save weight to sent hundreds of thousands of letters to and from troops overseas during WW2.

Check the full set for examples of letters, the machinery used, and the people who processed them.

More information at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airgraph, and a great (of its time) Pathe film at www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12653
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Author whatsthatpicture from Hanwell, London, UK

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by whatsthatpicture at https://www.flickr.com/photos/24469639@N00/5048278469. It was reviewed on 3 October 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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