Ministry Of Information Movies

After escaping a Nazi POW camp, a young Scottish RAF gunner recounts his perilous journey through occupied France with the help of the Resistance....

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

Backstage before a performance, a French actor recalls his time in Madagascar during World War II, when he secretly ran a Resistance radio station...

Documentary short featuring a visit by American newsman Edward R. Murrow to the English town of Dover during the Second World War.

A romantic tour of Britain set to Dylan Thomas's poetry.

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...

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...

Short WW II documentary

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.

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

A Letter From Ulster (1943). Northern Ireland's greatest film director Brian Desmond Hurst directed the film and his assistant director was fellow...

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. ...

After a masterful Shakespearean performance in a London theater, Ralph Richardson is sought for an autograph by Fred, his dresser. Later, Fred has...

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

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...

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

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

Bernard Miles and Percy Walsh play two members of the Home Guard, on duty by a windmill, discussing the causes of the war and the issues at stake.

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