Mail Rail film clips

Download individual Mail Rail clips to use in your classroom.

Watch clips of Mail Rail from The City (1939) showing Mail Rail at the peak of its operation and journey underground and through the Mail Rail tunnels.

Mail Rail Clip 1 – The City (1939)

Loading and unloading of Mail Rail trains.
© Royal Mail Group Ltd, courtesy of The Postal Museum


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Mail Rail Clip 2 – The City (1939)

Trains travel through the complicated network under London.
© Royal Mail Group Ltd, courtesy of The Postal Museum


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Mail Rail Clip 3 – The City (1939)

Mail travelling down helterskelter to be loaded on to Mail Rail.
© Royal Mail Group Ltd, courtesy of The Postal Museum


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Mail Rail Clip 4 – The City (1939)

Onward journey of the mail from Mail Rail to Paddington Station and beyond.
© Royal Mail Group Ltd, courtesy of The Postal Museum


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Mail Rail 3D Flythrough

Experience Mail Rail as it was just before work began to transform it.


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