Realist Film Unit Movies

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

Information on the different groups and organizations that are there to help the population during wartime.

Is your hedge thin and straggly? Don't worry, help is at hand.

Short World War II documentary showing how the everyday work of British housewives aided the war effort.

Trawlers at work; the crew on board and landing a catch. The fishing crew are seen with their families on shore shopping and enjoying themselves in th...

Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England].

British health documentary on children's ears and how to prevent deafness.

Instructs on the importance of ante-natal care and proper diet in helping children to grow healthy teeth.

"The Harvest Shall Come" is a wartime story/documentary produced by Realist Film Unit and starring John Slater. This tells the story of an ordinary fa...

Consideration of the social problems arising out of evacuation.

In the 1940s, Brotherhood of St Laurence founder, Father Gerard Tucker, commissioned three short, silent films which were screened to audiences in the...

Social documentary short from Australia, on the welfare of children, especially those from a poor background.

A journalistic survey of Britain's road traffic problems and a plea for the adoption of a National Road Plan.

This Ministry of Information film does ‘what it says on the tin’. It is a straightforward, ‘no frills’ demonstration of how to store roots vegetables...

A stook is a group of sheaves of grain stood on end in a field, which can be stacked in ingenious and skilful fashion, in barn or field, to preserve a...

Paging all parents! Need some post-war childrearing advice? Then this is the film for you. It was an instalment in the Your Children series of films p...

'A colour sound film funded by the Koornong School in Warrandyte, Victoria. Produced to promote awareness of the school’s activities, in particular it...

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