Ministry Of Information Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Short WW II documentary

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 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...

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...

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

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.

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. ...

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