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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...

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

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

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.

World War II propaganda film.

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....

An exposure of the fallacy of race myths; Nazi and Japanese theories about pure blood and master races are contrasted with scientific facts of mixed...

Two evacuee children living in the United States receive a letter from their mother, Mrs Taylor, telling them of her life in Blitz-era London. ...

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

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...

Coventry prepares to rise from the ashes of WWII in this docu-drama written by Dylan Thomas.

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...

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

Propaganda short showing how boy scouts can help the war effort in Britain.

Documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British Experience.

A dramatised account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War II, directed by Jiří Weiss and written by...

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

Surrealism, avant-garde sound montage, and irreverent wit might be the last thing you'd expect from a government-sponsored film about wartime...

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.