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

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 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...

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...

World War II propaganda film.

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

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.

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...

How to make porridge using a haybox.

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

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

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

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

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

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

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

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

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

A documentary edited by Jiří Weiss on the role of Soviet women in the Second World War