Propaganda Movies

The first Greek animated film was shot by the cartoonist Stamatis Polenakis (1908-1997) with the title "The Duce tells...". The seven-minute...

German propaganda film about the importance of buying war bonds.

World War II propaganda film made to show an American audience that the Dutch were and would continue to be valuable allies in the fight against the...

On September 11, 1929, the first Termez-Dushanbe train arrived at the newly built station in the Tajik capital. However, not only the train was the...

Don’t judge a book by its cover but do judge a political party by its garage.

Short US propaganda cartoon.

First World War animated propaganda short, extolling Britain's naval history and mocking the German navy.

Documentary about the process of building tanks in Germany during the early days of World War II.

A holiday of sorts for Stockport army reserves, fitting high-jinks between drills over two weeks of summer training in South Wales.

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

From growing potatoes in Green Park, London, to transforming rabbit crates into seed boxes – just a couple of the many ingenious ways of...

A combination of Lightning Sketches along with stop-motion animation illustrate England's reactions and responses in World War One.

A journalist of the Qazaqstan state television channel has to make a report about the police image campaign.

No one knows why for certain, but from 1968 to 1973 communist Albania enjoyed a brief liberalisation in the arts. Banned books and Beatles records...

The story of Viktor Stratoberdha (1921-1991) mirrors many of Albania’s tragedies. Stradoberdha’s humorous, buoyant style led him to be...

This film focuses on the Spanish Civil War that occurred in the 1930s as a result of the attempted Communist takeover of the Republican government....

Italy’s biggest political party, the Five Star Movement, promotes direct democracy through internet voting. Five Star Movement uses a digital...

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.