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- Early in World War II, Danish sea captain Andersen, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
- The planning and implementation of an RAF night raid on Germany in World War II, concentrating on a low level mission by a Wellington bomber on an oil storage facility by the Rhine.
- A young Scottish R. A. F. Gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from occupied territory, and in particular one person who may or may not have been a German Agent.
- Cameramen from Britain's Army Film Unit capture footage of concentration camps in German in 1945.
- Three British spies and a French resistance fighter sneak into occupied France to gather information about the German forces for a planned invasion.
- A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
- After a masterful performance as Othello in a London theater, Ralph Richardson is asked for an autograph by Fred, his dresser. A short while later, Fred has joined the Fleet Air Arm (Fly Navy) and has become a hero, rescuing a pilot from his burning plane. When Fred goes to Buckingham Palace, it's Ralph's turn to ask for an autograph.
- The Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including a re-enactment.
- Re-enactment of incidents during the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
- While preparing backstage, an actor tells his castmates about an adventure he had during World War II in the Axis-controlled French colony of Madagascar working for the Resistance and clashing with the collaborationist local police chief.
- This brief documentary-style film presents the status of Great Britain near the end of the Second World War by means of a visual diary for a baby boy born in September, 1944. Narration explains to "Timothy" what his family, his neighbors, and his fellow citizens are going through as the war nears its end, and what problems may remain for new Englishmen like Timothy to solve.
- A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
- Footage from Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda documentary, Triumph of the Will, is juxtaposed with a popular British dance tune to make fun of Hitler, in this playful short subject.
- A party of eight Royal Marines patrol the jungle in the South East Asia Command Area.
- A film presented by the British War Office for newly arrived World War 2 American soldiers, informing them of British ways.
- 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 search for her husband, a British soldier who was fighting in France and who may be among the troops waiting to be rescued.
- Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs
- 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 understand why they're fighting.
- A drama/documentary in which a matronly housewife performs various low-key good deeds to help keep her family and neighbours (and hence by extension her country) running during the war.
- 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.
- Epic British wartime documentary film on Malta's role in WW2. The film was produced to coincide with Britain's award of the George Cross to the Maltese and their defenders in April 1942.
- English farmers plant crops on formerly disused land to assist the war effort.
- How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.
- British riposte to the 1940 Nazi propaganda film Feuertaufe (aka Baptism of Fire).
- A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
- The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.
- WW2 short showing a single night shift in the no.11 Royal Ordnance factory in Newport, South Wales, producing tanks.
- The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of livelihood and the machinery of government in a devastated, starving and disease-ridden city.
- Life aboard merchant ships with the Maritime Regiment of the Royal Artillery.
- A Letter From Ulster (1943). Northern Ireland's greatest film director Brian Desmond Hurst directed the film and his assistant director was fellow Ulsterman William (Bill) MacQuitty who went on to make the ultimate Titanic film A Night to Remember. The script was written by Terence Young who went on to direct the early Bond films. All the components were in place for a fine film and this short (32 minute) by the Crown Film Unit remains an important part of Ulster and America's cultural history. As the opening credit says "This film is dedicated to those members of the US Forces Who are our guests in these islands". The film shows American soldiers landing in Northern Ireland and settling into their new camps. The arrival of mail from 'back home' helps camp moral, however, two brothers receive none. Their commander realises that the two brothers have not sent any letters back to their parents and gives the order to write a letter home- A Letter From Ulster. The scene is set for the men to discover more about the people in Ulster and the surrounding countryside. They visit St Marys church in Belfast, Strabane, Carrickfergus Castle and Roaring Meg the canon on the historic walls of Derry/Londonderry. The canvas painted is now a historic record of this important time in Ulster's history and the hospitality extended the US troops. We see them singing, attending parties, playing baseball with the local children and taking tea breaks. The reality of their stay is also brought sharply into focus as we also see them in their barracks and undertaking tank and other exercises across the rolling landscape of Northern Ireland prior to the men taking part in D Day and subsequent actions.
- Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.
- A look at the rural farming community during WWII and how farmers help stop food shortages during the war.
- Shows how the RAF's barrage balloon squadron are trained, and then on the job.
- Documentary about the Burma Campaign during World War Two, directed by Roy Boulting.
- This propaganda short illustrates the danger of careless talk by naval men. It demonstrates how a sailor's talk of recall is overheard by a waitress who ultimately betrays his ship to a U-boat.
- Kicks Music offers kids Christian music to get up and move to. Always positive and always fun, Kicks Music will have you singing right along.
- 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 origins to prove that no nation or race can be considered inferior or superior.
- Documentary short film depicting the work in a British armaments plant in which the night shift consists of women workers.
- Profile of the Heart of England shires of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, and Warwickshire, and their important roles in feeding the nation.
- The Call for Arms is a 1940 British propaganda short film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Jean Gillie and Rene Ray. The film was commissioned by the Ministry of Information and was aimed at women, urging them to sign up for war work.
- A soldier returns home from the Far Eastern theater of conflict, but discovers that life back home isn't quite what he expected.