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- Early in World War II, Danish sea captain Andersen, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
- Cameramen from Britain's Army Film Unit capture footage of concentration camps in German in 1945.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
- 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.
- The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.
- 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.
- The British government tries to persuade people not to clog up the wartime (World War II) public transportation system by keeping its use to a minimum during "rush hour".
- A film presented by the British War Office for newly arrived World War 2 American soldiers, informing them of British ways.
- Two Home Guard volunteers discuss the causes of war and their hopes for peace in the future.
- Documentary about the Burma Campaign during World War Two, directed by Roy Boulting.
- A Tribute to the Workers of the British Aircraft Industry.
- 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.
- 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.
- This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1 missiles from getting through to their targets. Gunners, pilots and barrage balloons are the layers of National Defence, layers of defence that can't be entirely successful.
- 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.
- 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.
- A parallel is drawn between a housewife's dealings with her butcher, and a burglar and his fence (receiver).
- A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
- An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F.
- Documentary about the nazi leaders responsible for the war and terror in Europe, voiced in English in the words of Dylan Thomas.
- This short showcases the work of the cameramen who filmed the battles of WWI and early WWII. We also get to see the faces of many of the men who took the pictures. This includes director D.W. Griffith, who shot newsreels in the trenches of WWI.
- When a crashed Nazi aeroplane is recovered, British scientists have high hopes of learning valuable secrets. But a disgruntled factory worker inadvertently alerts enemy agents to the discovery, with disastrous consequences.
- A dramatized account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War
- A study of child delinquency in Scotland
- Comic propaganda short explaining the importance of blackout procedures during WWII.
- 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.
- A look at the LCC project for the re-planning and building of post-war London, explained by the two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and Mr. J.H. Forshaw.
- 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.
- How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.
- A lorry driver takes four children on a ride to see how people should behave on the road and the necessity for learning a few rules.
- Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs
- The WWII Libyan campaign of 1940-1941 is chronicled, where British forces commanded by General Wavell defeated the Italian attack on Egypt.
- A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail
- An American soldier and a British soldier argue about the relative toughness of rugby and American football.
- 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.