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

Genre: War

Cast: John Blythe

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....

Genre: War

Cast: Paul Bonifas

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Banks

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Trevor Howard

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sebastian Shaw

World War II propaganda film.

Genre: War

Cast: Ralph Richardson

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.

Genre: Music

Cast: Adolf Hitler

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Will Hay

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

Genre: War

Cast: John Mills

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.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reginald Beckwith

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: E. V. H. Emmett

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Burgess Meredith

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: J. Johnston

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

Genre: Animation

Cast:

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Peggy Ashcroft

Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.

Genre:

Cast: Mary Clare

Propaganda short showing how boy scouts can help the war effort in Britain.

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Cast: Stanley Newton

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Quentin Reynolds