Ministry Of Information Movies

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

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

British documentary on Tuberculosis.

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 British documentary on the good health of the people in Scotland.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

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

A look at the Scottish town of Aberfeldy during the Second World War as troops arrive on leave.

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

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

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...