History and Cultures Videos

History and Cultures Videos

Home Front Britain

Living With Strangers

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Duration:

02:57

Summary:

Living With Strangers, an informational film produced by the Ministry of Information during the war, looks at the challenges involved in families being evacuated out of the cities, to live with other families in the country.

Home Front Britain

Go To Blazes

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Duration:

03:40

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Go To Blazes, starring Will Hay, was a comic wartime film produced by the Ministry of Information to communicate what people should do if there house was hit by one of the 1 million incendiary devices dropped by the Luftwaffe in the run up to Nov ...

Home Front Britain

Love On Leave

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Duration:

03:56

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The wartime film makers at the Ministry of Information worked hard to convey the risks of sexually transmitted disease, or VD for short, to the British publish. Love On Leave was one of these films.

Wartime London

Bethnal Green Bombing

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Duration:

04:29

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Harry speaks to a man that was present during the tragic incident at Bethnal Green tube station, where 173 people lost their lives due to a misfiring Anti-Aircraft rocket.

Wartime London

Secret Weapons Factory

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Duration:

04:36

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Harry Harris investigates the secret bomber factory that was located at the Redbridge Underground station.

Home Front Britain

Britain At Bay

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Duration:

03:51

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Britain at Bay by J B Priestley's was one of the films produced by the Ministry of Information to boost the morale of the British publish and help galvenize the war effort.

WWII in Colour and HD

Bletchley Park

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Duration:

02:00

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Extra Footage: By the End of the war, British intelligence was so effective at decoding German encrypted radio communications, it was joked that it would be faster for a German Officer to call Bletchley Park for his orders.

WWII in Colour and HD

Hitler's Boast

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Duration:

00:46

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Extra Footage: The CBS London Correspondent, Ed Murrow helped to change US Public opinion on the war. In this broadcast he examines what Hitler mean't when he boasted "I will rub out their cities".

WWII in Colour and HD

The Red Army

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Duration:

02:39

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Extra Footage: While the Red Army sat unable to act on the Nazi threat, Hitler made his move into the Balkans to secure his lower flank.

WWII in Colour and HD

Operation Barbarossa

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Duration:

01:22

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Extra Footage: With the early success of the Soviet Invasion, and the German's devastating use of the Panzer tank, Moscow looked certain to fall by the end of the summer.

WWII in Colour and HD

Enigma Code

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Duration:

03:36

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Extra Footage: Thought to be impossible to crack, a group of Polish mathematicians took on the laborious task of unlocking the German cipher machine, Enigma.

WWII in Colour and HD

Germany Attacks the Soviet ...

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Duration:

00:42

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Extra Footage: With Operation Barbarossa underway, the German Army made its way towards Rostov and Stalingrad.

Bampton Leads the Way

Food Campaign

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Duration:

02:02

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Exclusive British Ministry of Information video from WWII, courtesy of the BFI.

Food Flash

Petrol

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Duration:

00:18

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Web Exclusive. Informational video from the British home office during WWII.

Food Flash

Dried Eggs

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Duration:

00:18

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Web Exclusive: Informational video from the British home office during WWII announcing that there will be a double share of dried eggs for this rationing period.