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- 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 wartime film, made under the auspices of the Crown Film Unit, serving as a tribute to the Merchant Navy. During WWII, they kept the lifeline to America and the Commonwealth open so that this little island could fight on. Even as late as 1943/4 when this was made, the convoys still provided vital essential supplies as well as the materiel necessary to take the fight into Europe. This film dramatizes the experiences of many merchant seamen.
- A tale of firefighters in London during the Blitz.
- A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.
- In this dramatised documentary about venereal disease, pregnant Joan realises that she has syphilis and must confront her husband Ken with this fact.
- This 47-minute documentary, financed by HRH's government, won an Oscar in the special category, and most of it was later edited into a 1953 two-segment documentary called "Savage World" by the same crew of film-makers listed on this film. The story here is about an African tribe that is working to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the opposition of some tribal members.
- Burgess Meredith had hosted and produced a documentary about Britain for the millions of American servicemen in World War Two. After the war he again hosted and produced this sequel. It includes cameos from his then wife, Paulette Goddard and Christine Norden.
- How Lili Marlene became the signature tune for the British army in North Africa.
- 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.
- An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F.
- A coal mine manager, with the agreement of the union and workers, revitalizes a Cumberland coal mine during 1941, opening up an abandoned coal seam out at sea and bringing in new equipment.
- Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and U-boats, all done by the actual men & women of the RAF.
- A short documentary about life in England during wartime. Narrated by Edward R. Murrow.
- 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.
- A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
- Documentary dealing with the work of Approved Schools for child delinquents.
- How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.
- Lightships (ships serving the functions of a lighthouse) have for centuries been treated as neutral during wartime, but a British lightship during World War II finds the Nazis don't respect the lightships' humanitarian purpose.
- Documentary about an average day during the Blitz.
- An account of the Air Transport Auxiliary which provides personnel to fly newly completed aircraft from factory to service airfield.
- A dramatized account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War
- Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.
- A woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nurse but then a patient dies while under her care.
- A documentary that gives an impression of the administration of criminal justice and the effect of prison sentences on different types of offenders.
- 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.
- The ill effects on children's bodies and minds of the chaotic conditions being countered by the endeavors of UNESCO.
- A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.
- Most of the footage for this film was shot in September and October of 1945 mainly in the ruined cities of Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Essen. The people (mainly women and children) huddled in the unheated cellars of ruined houses without gas or any water save that from stand-pipes in the street.
- A vibrant portrait of Hawick, pronounced 'hoik' by the locals, a town in the Scottish Borders.
- Docudrama about a British submarine on a North Sea patrol during World War II.
- A short film about London during the Second World War.
- 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.
- British riposte to the 1940 Nazi propaganda film Feuertaufe (aka Baptism of Fire).
- Film illustrating the contrasts between primitive and modern India, which still exist side-by-side.
- This NHS training-aid, an innovative drama-doc, is one of the first to deal seriously with clinical depression.
- This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.
- Shows glimpses of wartime in the North and Midlands of Britain.
- The story shows the dangers of fly contamination and the spread of disease by germs in the home, and how these dangers can be overcome.
- The tax man explains to a citizen how his pound is divided among public services in post WWII Britain. As he tells the man in a humorous fashion, clips are shown of hospitals, schools and factories. Shown at the Imperial War Museum in London.
- This is a tribute to the British Army which shows troops off duty in Malta, Tripoli, Suez and Malaya, including shots of a Malayan jungle patrol.