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• FILLING THE GAP [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Meyer, Ernst H (Production individual) 1942-04

  A Halas and Batchelor cartoon, explaining the food situation in Britain.

• NEWSPAPER TRAIN [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Meyer, Ernst H (Production individual) 1941

  An impression of the work involved in getting newspapers out of London to newsagents, a service that continued throughout the 'Blitz' ("even during the worst raids they never failed").

• THEY ALSO SERVE [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Halsted, H G (Production individual) 1940-12

  A tribute to the 'housewives of Britain', in the format of a day in the life of a 'typical' household during wartime centring around the mother/housewife's rôle.

• CAMERAMEN AT WAR [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Ashwood, Terry (Production individual) 1943-11

  A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a compilation of film of the cameramen themselves and some of their most dramatic film.

• THE HARVEST SHALL COME [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Imperial Chemical Industries (Production sponsor) 1942

  A film that calls upon the British people to maintain their wartime commitment to agriculture and the prosperity and well-being of everyone who works on the land after the war by telling the story of Tom Grimwood, an ordinary Suffolk farm labourer...

• PEOPLE AT WAR - A SEAMAN'S STORY [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Realist (Production company) 1943

  The courage and service of the British merchant seaman, typified by the story of a Newfoundlander who had been torpedoed four times, related in an interview in his room as he packs for a new trip.

• A VISIT FROM CANADA [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: National Film Board of Canada (Production sponsor) 1941-05

  A short film on the time passed by the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in winter quarters in "Weystone", a fictional English village (actually Godstone, Surrey).

• DUSTBIN PARADE [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Meyer, Ernst H (Production individual) 1942-10

  A Halas and Batchelor cartoon on the need for scrap.

• KILL OR BE KILLED [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Goring, Marius (Production cast) 1942

  A fictional film of a sniping incident with a strong element of instructional purpose.

• FRENCH TOWN : September 1944 [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Alwyn, William (Production individual) 1945

  Portrait of a French town immediately after the liberation.

• MAKING A COMPOST HEAP [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Realist (Production company) 1942

  Instructional film for gardeners and those with allotments on how to make a compost heap.

• CLEAN MILK [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Anstey, Edgar (Production individual) 1943-06

  Instructional film on efficient milking procedures.

• LIVING WITH STRANGERS [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Realist (Production company) 1941-07

  Consideration of the social problems arising out of evacuation.

• ATLANTIC TRAWLER [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Cameron, Ken (Production individual) 1944-10

  The life of trawlermen in wartime, the normal discomforts and dangers of the work increased both by enemy action and by the loss of good ships and good men to the Navy.

• WORDS AND ACTIONS [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Halsted, H G (Production individual) 1943

  An attempt to interpret the 'Democracy' for which British troops are fighting.

• WE WON'T FORGET (reel 2 only) [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Realist (Production company) 1941

  Reel two only of a film expressing Britain's gratitude for American aid during the Blitz.

• CHARTING THE SEAS [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Hollingsworth, John (Production individual) 1948

  A documentary about the work of the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, responsible for surveying and charting the world's coastlines and ocean beds to assist navigation.

• COLLAPSIBLE METAL TUBES [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Realist (Production company) 1942

  Second World War British Ministry of Information part animated newsreel trailer encouraging the public to return empty metal tubes to their local chemist for salvage.

• THE QUEEN'S LIFEGUARD [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Colonial Film Unit (Production individual) 1952

  Profile of the Queens Life Guard and its ceremonial duties.

• CHOOSE CHEESE [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Realist (Production company) 1940

  Film advocating the advantages of cheese over meat, bearing in mind the fact that food was rationed at the time of production.

• SOLDIER, SAILOR [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Carrick, Edward (Production individual) 1945

  Drama revolving around a convoy "guarded by gun crews of the DEMS (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) - sailors of the Royal Navy and Soldiers of the Maritime Royal Artillery [who] sail together under Admiralty Control".

• PLANNED CROPS [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Realist (Production company) 1943

  Second World War British Ministry of Information newsreel trailer, in support of the "Dig For Victory" campaign, advising people to plan their planting in order to have home grown vegetables in the winter.

• WORK PARTY [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Meyer, Ernst H (Production individual) 1942

  The rôle of women munitions workers in factories, showing the Herrick family and friends at work and play on Mary Herrick's birthday.