Ministry of Information Popular Movie

A former leader of the French Resistance finds that one of his fellow actors looks like a detestable official he knew in Madagascar during the war....

Genre: War

Cast: Paul Bonifas

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Trevor Howard

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Burgess Meredith

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Quentin Reynolds

A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one...

Genre: War

Cast: John Blythe

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Banks

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.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reginald Beckwith

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

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frederick Burtwell

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: J. Johnston

An exposure of the fallacy of race myths; Nazi and Japanese theories about pure blood and master races are contrasted with scientific facts of mixed...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Julian Huxley

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

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Cast: Mary Clare

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sebastian Shaw

Coventry prepares to rise from the ashes of WWII in this docu-drama written by Dylan Thomas.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: James McKechnie

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...

Genre: Animation

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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.

Genre: Music

Cast: Adolf Hitler

A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Valentine Dyall

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Richard Massingham

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.

Genre: War

Cast: Bernard Miles

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alfie Bass