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A 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film set to the tune of The Lambeth Walk, a popular song from the musical Me and My Girl.

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

British documentary on Tuberculosis.

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.

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

British health documentary on children's ears and how to prevent deafness.

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

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

A soldier returns home from the Far Eastern theatre of conflict, but discovers that life back home isn't quite what he expected.

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

About the war effort in the West Indies.

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

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