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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...

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...

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....

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

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...

World War II propaganda film.

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...

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.

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.

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

How to make porridge using a haybox.

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

British health documentary on children's ears and how to prevent deafness.

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.

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...

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

Surrealism, avant-garde sound montage, and irreverent wit might be the last thing you'd expect from a government-sponsored film about wartime...

About the war effort in the West Indies.