Ministry Of Information Movies

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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 Letter From Ulster (1943). Northern Ireland's greatest film director Brian Desmond Hurst directed the film and his assistant director was fellow...

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

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

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.

A short documentary style film it depicts the story of The British obtaining a special tool from America to help with the building of a tank.

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

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

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