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- A boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.
- This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
- During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.
- An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.
- Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
- On the eve of WWII, a British journalist is sent to neutral Norway to report on the possible Nazi intentions there; later he's tasked with a secret combat mission after Germany invades that country.
- A mayor's daughter poses as collaborator to help British agent escape to England with vital information to help the allied war effort.
- James Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland. Ruthless in business as well as at home, he is a tyrant to his family and intimidating to everyone he knows. But, when his mistress convinces him to give her "step-brother" Denis (former boyfriend) a job at the hat shop, tragedy starts creeping towards all involved with Brodie.
- Three British spies and a French resistance fighter sneak into occupied France to gather information about the German forces for a planned invasion.
- This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.
- A pair of young teachers look into the disappearance of their friend in the Yorkshire Moors. They soon run across the man they suspect is the murderer, and have to sit out a storm with him.
- Cynical, embittered newspaperman David Charleston (Michael Redgrave) is tormented, then inspired, by visions he keeps having of people who have drowned.
- In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.
- Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
- William Penn's heroic deeds, on the European and American continents, are told in this portrait of the founding father of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania colony. Based on C.E. Vulliamy's biography "William Penn."
- While yachting and flirting on the Riviera, a woman with a past meets a shy, retiring young researcher from the Far East and, against her better judgment, marries him. When he runs across some scandalous gossip touching her past, her younger sister steps in claiming she is the subject of the notoriety.
- A bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college.
- Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. The agent is posing as an economics expert seconded to the trade delegation. The professor must find the real economist and expose the agent.
- During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people. They are so effective that the Nazis offer a reward for the capture of the paper's staff, although they don't know their identities. One of them is a well-known entertainer, and when his jealous partner hears of the reward, he turns him in. The paper's publishers escape capture, but their staff doesn't. The paper's founders must find not only a way to keep from getting captured by the Nazis but keep their newspaper going and get their staff released.
- 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.
- Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
- A bar hostess (Lockwood) is used by a killer to obtain an alibi.
- A lowly BBC employee pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship carrying a bevy of beautiful models is shipwrecked off the coast and the models wind up on the island. However, when the models begin disappearing, the "back-room boy" investigates and finds a sinister scheme involving spies and Nazi battleships.
- A journalist investigates a network of German fifth columnists operating in the midst of the Blitz.
- A lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank's G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
- The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
- Wartime drama of bomber crews based in England.
- Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasising about King Arthur and his knights.
- A handyman and amateur artist gets into trouble when nude female bodies are added to the heads he has drawn of prominent ladies, and are sold as soap adverts.
- A millionaire disappears after a blackmail attempt by criminal, The Panda. His sister tries to help the police find him and deal with an aftermath of murder and mystery.
- The story focuses on Gert and Daisy volunteering to escort evacuee children from war-torn London to the countryside. Their suitcase gets mixed up with a seaman's containing jewels, attracting thieves.
- Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs
- Bunting (Edward Rigby) is sacked in 1938 but when war breaks out in 1939 he is reinstated and also becomes an air raid warden. His two sons enlist in the war, leaving Bunting and his wife looking after their baby grandson.
- The mastermind behind money stolen from an American bank takes it to London. He is then pursued by the gangsters he tried to cheat and have convicted Stateside, as well as by the Met Police.
- 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.
- Army buddies help Private Trevor court the daughter of their commanding officer.
- 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.
- Comedy that follows the adventures of enthusiastic members of the Home Guard.
- A gang of boys, working as page-boys in a hotel, bring a crooked manager to book.
- Nazi spies infiltrate a British film studio with the intention of sending coded messages in the films they produce.
- Balloon unit WAAFs catch German spies.
- A London fishmonger takes up bookmaking to make ends meet, and also helps a young woman evade her unwanted upcoming marriage by pretending to be her fiance, a big game hunter from Africa.
- Wishing to acquire the Mona Lisa, a South American racketeer makes a deal with the Nazis for the famous portrait.
- WW2 short showing a single night shift in the no.11 Royal Ordnance factory in Newport, South Wales, producing tanks.
- Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.
- A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products. Aimed at advertisers, there are a lot of shots of paint being spilled from cans and mixing to show a range of colours. It was part sponsored by I.C.I. (Imperial Chemical Industries) who, among other things, made paint as well as the dyes and coloured plastics that are also seen. An early demonstration of the skills of cinematographer Jack Cardiff.
- A would-be comic is sweet-talked into selling a producer the last tickets on a flight and loses his job. He sets off to avail himself of the promises made by the impresario, but on arrival at the airport is mistaken for a shy millionaire.
- On the eve of the Nazi occupation, spies in Paris try to outguess each other
- When Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion that one of them could be his father.