The Pony Express in America's growth
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Duration: 0:10:38
Genre: Educational | Historical
Year Published: 1960
Creator: Coronet Instructional Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor
Format: 16mm
Color: B&W
Sound: sound
Description: Portrays the story of the Pony Express--its inauguration, and its operation until the completion of the telegraph line across the West. Shows methods of communication in the late 1850's, and the need for better communication between the new states of California and Oregon and the East. Includes a re-enactment showing the first pony express rides east and west. Collaborator, Lewis Paul Todd.
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