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A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one...

A former leader of the French Resistance finds that one of his fellow actors looks like a detestable official he knew in Madagascar during the war....

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the...

A parallel is drawn between a housewife's dealings with her butcher, and a burglar and his fence (receiver).

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them...

On the 29th September 1945, the incomplete rough cut of a brilliant documentary about concentration camps was viewed at the MOI in London. For five...

Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant...

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

A 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film set to the tune of The Lambeth Walk, a popular song from the musical Me and My Girl.

Sheffield stands in as 'Smokedale', an industrial Everytown, in this stirring call for "new schools, new hospitals, new roads, new life", after WWII.

Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.

An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and...

World War II propaganda film.

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.

The story of a young naval recruit, and an appeal for National Savings.

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

From a series of propaganda films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing vital information to enemy spies and collaborators....

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.