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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...

World War II propaganda film.

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

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....

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Short WW II documentary

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

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

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

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

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

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

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