Ministry Of Information Movies

British documentary on Tuberculosis.

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

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

E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

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

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...

A short documentary illustrating the lives of the residents of Dover in Kent as the Nazi war machine - a mere 21 miles away - did it’s worst...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

A soldier returns home from the Far Eastern theatre of conflict, but discovers that life back home isn't quite what he expected.

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...

About the war effort in the West Indies.

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...