From the GPO Film Unit's poignant collection documenting life in Britain in the build-up to World War II.

The City:
Sir Charles Bressey discusses his 30-year plan to improve London transport.

The Islanders:
The GPO explains how it facilitates communication between mainland UK and its islands.

Spare Time:
An account of working-class leisure activities from the GPO Film Unit's poignant collection documenting life in Britain in the build-up to World War II.

A Midsummer Days Work:
Plans for the defence of Britain include laying an underground telephone cable between Amersham and Aylesbury.

SS Lonian:
A short film about merchant shipping alludes to the strength of the British Navy.

If War Should Come:
The GPO Film Unit prepares the British for war with a list of civil precautions, advising about building shelters and putting buckets of water on the landing.

The First Days:
An evocative film revealing Londoners fighting war with tolerance and cooperation. From the GPO's poignant catalogue documenting life in Britain during and before World War II.

War Library Items 1,2,3:
The GPO offers advice on national registration in 1939 and how to keep fit during wartime, as well as highlighting the hard work of the volunteer Auxilliary Fire Service.

Squadron 992:
Part of the GPO's poignant film collection documenting the British nation at war. A recreation of the failed attack on the Forth Bridge by German planes in 1939.

La Cause Commune:
Insight into British arms manufacture and Britain's support of the French war effort.

French Communique:
Part of the GPO's poignant film collection documenting the British nation at war. French War News describes its plans to protect the UK with the Maginot Line.

The Front Line:
Part of the GPO's poignant film collection documenting the British nation at war. Film examining the townspeople of Dover who bravely sailed to rescue Allied troops from Dunkirk.

Men Of The Lightship:
From the GPO Film Unit's poignant catalogue documenting the nation at war. The story of a lightship and its crew who were attacked by the Germans in the Thames Estuary in January 1940.

London Can Take It!:
The GPO Film Unit's evocative report from the heart of the Blitz. Honest and illuminating, the film helped shift American public opinion towards supporting the Allies.

Story Of An Air Communique:
An Air Communique dated 15 September 1940 describes a key turning point in the Battle of Britain.

Spring Offensive:
A poignant look at wartime farming in East Anglia from the GPO Film Unit's collection of films that captured the British people's preparations for, and experiences of, World War II.

Britain Can Take It!:
Part of the GPO's poignant film collection documenting a nation at war and the lives of Londoners during the early days of the Blitz.

War And Order:
Film charting the dedicated work of the UK police force during World War II. Part of the GPO's poignant film collection documenting a nation at war.

Christmas Under Fire:
Part of the GPO's poignant film collection documenting a nation at war. Intended for American audiences, a stoical British population prepares for its second Christmas at war.