Ministry Of Information Movies

A short wartime documentary spending time with those charged with manning British anti-aircraft defences during WWII.

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

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...

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.

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

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

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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. ...

Sheffield stands in as 'Smokedale', an industrial Everytown, in this stirring call for "new schools, new hospitals, new roads, new life", after WWII.

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