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Home Front Britain
Living With Strangers (02:57)
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 (03:40)
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 (03:56)
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.
Home Front Britain
Britain At Bay (03:51)
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.
Wartime London
Secret Weapons Factory (04:36)
Harry Harris investigates the secret bomber factory that was located at the Redbridge Underground station.
Wartime London
Bethnal Green Bombing (04:29)
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 (04:36)
Harry Harris investigates the secret bomber factory that was located at the Redbridge Underground station.
Wartime London with Harry Harris
Luftwaffe Bombing (04:24)
It is rumoured that Hitler had his eyes on Senate House as a possible headquarters if the Nazis ever took London. Harry Harris investigates whether the Luftwaffe had orders to avoid it in their bombing runs.
Wartime London with Harry Harris
Hitler's Sister (02:46)
Harry Harris investigates the story of Adolf Hitler's sister in Law, Bridget who was living in Highgate at the time that her brother invaded Poland.
WWII in Colour and HD
Germany Attacks the Soviet ... (00:42)
Extra Footage: With Operation Barbarossa underway, the German Army made its way towards Rostov and Stalingrad.
WWII in Colour and HD
Bletchley Park (02:00)
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
Operation Barbarossa (01:22)
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.

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