Ministry Of Information Movies

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

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

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

Is your hedge thin and straggly? Don't worry, help is at hand.

How Somerton, Oxfordshire benefits from membership of the Village Produce Association during WWII.

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...

A look at Cally House, a wartime evacuation school established by the Glasgow Education Authority in Gatehouse-of-Fleet.

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...

A romantic tour of Britain set to Dylan Thomas's poetry.

A tribute to the Avro Lancaster, “the most powerful and efficient bomber in the world, and one of the most important war-winning weapons in the...

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...

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...

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. ...

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

A 1944 British documentary showing farming in a rural part of Britain. Produced by Greenpark Productions for the Ministry of Information.

Documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British Experience.

About the war effort in the West Indies.

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

With great optimism Britain re-constructed after World War I but ignored the threat from the Gathering Storm of Nazi aggression.

Made by Paul Rotha Productions for the Ministry of Information. Wartime documentary about agriculture made to bolster morale on the “home...