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    Newspaper Train

    Newspaper Train

    5.00 1942 HD

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

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    Words and Actions

    Words and Actions

    1 1943 HD

    Information on the different groups and organizations that are there to help the population during wartime.

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    Hedging

    Hedging

    6.00 1942 HD

    Is your hedge thin and straggly? Don't worry, help is at hand.

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  • 1945
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    French Town...

    French Town...

    1 1945 HD

    Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.

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  • 1937
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    Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children

    Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children

    1 1937 HD

    Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England].

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  • 1944
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    Atlantic Trawler

    Atlantic Trawler

    1 1944 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    Children at School

    Children at School

    1 1937 HD

    Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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  • 1945
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    Your Children's Teeth

    Your Children's Teeth

    1 1945 HD

    Instructs on the importance of ante-natal care and proper diet in helping children to grow healthy teeth.

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  • 1940
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    They Also Serve

    They Also Serve

    1 1940 HD

    Short World War II documentary showing how the everyday work of British housewives aided the war effort.

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    Your Children's Ears

    Your Children's Ears

    1 1945 HD

    British health documentary on children's ears and how to prevent deafness.

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  • 1939
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    Roads Across Britain

    Roads Across Britain

    1 1939 HD

    A journalistic survey of Britain's road traffic problems and a plea for the adoption of a National Road Plan.

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  • 1942
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    The Harvest Shall Come

    The Harvest Shall Come

    1 1942 HD

    "The Harvest Shall Come" is a wartime story/documentary produced by Realist Film Unit and starring John Slater. This tells the story of an ordinary...

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    Living with Strangers

    Living with Strangers

    1 1941 HD

    Consideration of the social problems arising out of evacuation.

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  • 1947
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    Beautiful Melbourne

    Beautiful Melbourne

    1 1947 HD

    In the 1940s, Brotherhood of St Laurence founder, Father Gerard Tucker, commissioned three short, silent films which were screened to audiences in...

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    These Are Our Children

    These Are Our Children

    1 1948 HD

    Social documentary short from Australia, on the welfare of children, especially those from a poor background.

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    Storing Vegetables Outdoors

    Storing Vegetables Outdoors

    1 1941 HD

    This Ministry of Information film does ‘what it says on the tin’. It is a straightforward, ‘no frills’ demonstration of how...

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  • 1943
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    Stooking and Stacking

    Stooking and Stacking

    1 1943 HD

    A stook is a group of sheaves of grain stood on end in a field, which can be stacked in ingenious and skilful fashion, in barn or field, to preserve...

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  • 1951
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    Your Children's Play

    Your Children's Play

    1 1951 HD

    Paging all parents! Need some post-war childrearing advice? Then this is the film for you. It was an instalment in the Your Children series of films...

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  • 1947
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    In My Beginning

    In My Beginning

    1 1947 HD

    'A colour sound film funded by the Koornong School in Warrandyte, Victoria. Produced to promote awareness of the school’s activities, in...

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    Bampton Shows the Way

    Bampton Shows the Way

    1 1941 HD

    Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

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