Richard Massingham Movies

Styles of architecture used in the 1951 South Bank Exhibition, London.

Describes the many by-products resulting from the carbonisation of coal.

Joe the Burglar explains how he goes about his job for the benefit of the audience, providing a lesson in how to avoid being broken into.

Advice for post-war British holidaymakers on how to comply with new Treasury legislation on taking money abroad, presented in comic style by Richard...

A narrative tour of different public houses around England.

“During the Second World War, blackout regulations were imposed to make it harder for enemy aircraft to find their targets over Britain. This...

A secretarial pool dream of the ideal civil servant to be their boss.

The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

Shops, clubs, theatres, traffic in the Piccadilly Circus, Pall Mall and Regent Street areas.

Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living inside the 12th-century Monastery of the...

Documentary short film reporting on the activities of the American Red Cross and the useage made of contributed funds for the previous year. ...

Richard Massingham's 'Uncle Bob' character helps his family move house.

Richard Massingham stars in an educational short about ways of conserving household energy.

Public health film, warning of the dangers of this airborne disease through sneezing.

Richard Massingham directs and stars in this medical short about a man going to any lengths to cure his lumbago.

An introduction to the famous and historic university town, showing the colleges, as well as the place itself.

A film for food handlers of all kinds. Food poisoning is all too common, and this film, by examining the food contacts of a typical case on the day...