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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....

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...

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...

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.

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...

World War II propaganda film.

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

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.

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

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...

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

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

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

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. ...

Trawlers at work; the crew on board and landing a catch. The fishing crew are seen with their families on shore shopping and enjoying themselves in...

Short WW II documentary

During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to join the flotilla to rescue soldiers and also to...

Documentary on the young builders who'll rebuild Britain after the war.