Ministry Of Information Filmes

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

During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to join the flotilla to rescue soldiers and also to...

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

E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.

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

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

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

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

Short WW II documentary

Documentary short featuring a visit by American newsman Edward R. Murrow to the English town of Dover during the Second World War.

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

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

A short wartime documentary spending time with those charged with manning British anti-aircraft defences during WWII.

Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

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. ...

Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant...

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 brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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 look at the Scottish town of Aberfeldy during the Second World War as troops arrive on leave.