Ministry Of Information Movies

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

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

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

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

A documentary edited by Jiří Weiss on the role of Soviet women in the Second World War

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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.

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

British documentary on Tuberculosis.

This Ministry of Information film does ‘what it says on the tin’. It is a straightforward, ‘no frills’ demonstration of how to store roots vegetables...

Made in 1940 and sponsored by the Ministry of Information this film shows the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions...

News items about British dockers, a scrap metal initiative, cartoonist David Low's appreciation of Soviet cartoons, and a tribute to British workers f...

British documentary short made to describe the attacks made on England by Hitler's V-1 bombs and the successful destruction of many of these bombs bef...

A British documentary on the good health of the people in Scotland.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

A short documentary made for the British government illustrating the end of the war in Europe. Part of a series that runs from the invasion of Italy t...

A short documentary made for the British government illustrating the Allied war effort between the liberation of Paris and the arrival at the river Rh...

A short documentary illustrating the Allied landing at Normandy and the course of the war running up to the liberation of Paris. Part of a series that...

A short documentary made for the British government covering the Allied war effort in Europe in the year leading up to D-Day. Part of a series that co...