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

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

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

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

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

A short documentary illustrating the lives of the residents of Dover in Kent as the Nazi war machine - a mere 21 miles away - did it’s worst...

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

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

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...

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...

About the war effort in the West Indies.

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

A dramatised account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War II, directed by Jiří Weiss and written by...

Surrealism, avant-garde sound montage, and irreverent wit might be the last thing you'd expect from a government-sponsored film about wartime...

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

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

World War II propaganda trailer asking travellers to have patience and make concessions when travelling on trains. Film mostly consists of rostrum...

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

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

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.