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U.S. Office of War Information

The United States Office of War Information was a U.S. government agency created during World War II to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad. OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
U.S. Office of War Information has hosted 36 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1942 Vignette. The year with the most events was 1945 with 12 events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 1943 with an average of 2,174 views per video. Most common tags: World War II, Roosevelt, Franklin, U.S. History.

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